I had angrily commanded her to leave me because she had urged me to revoke the command to turn back.

Now, deadly pale, she announced that Mark Antony had left his galley, followed me in a little five-oared boat, and come on board our ship.
"My blood froze in my veins.
"He had come, I imagined, to force me to return to the battle and, drawing a long breath, my defiant pride urged me to show him that I was the Queen and would obey only my own will, while my heart impelled me to sink at his feet and beseech him, without heeding me, to issue any order which promised to secure a victory.
"But he did not come.
"I sent Charmian up again.

Antony had been unable to continue the conflict when parted from me.

Now he sat in front of the cabin with his head resting on his hands, staring at the planks of the deck like one distraught.

He, he--Antony! The bravest horseman, the terror of the foe, let his arms fall like a shepherd-boy whose sheep are stolen by the wolves.