"If possible, banishment to an island, an oasis.

If necessity requires, to the mines with the siren!" "If necessity requires ?" repeated the Queen.

"I think that means, if it proves that she has deserved the harshest punishment." "She has brought it upon herself by every hour of my sovereign's life clouded through her wiles.

In the mines the desire to set snares for husbands and sons soon vanishes." "And people languish in the most terrible torture till death ends their suffering," added Cleopatra, in a tone of grave reproof.

"No, girl, this victory is too easy.