They were to separate at Tyre.

She was to embark there for Egypt, and he for Rome.
At least that was Antony's plan, but it was not Cleopatra's.

She had determined that Antony should go with her to Alexandria.

As might have been expected, when the time came for the decision, the woman gained the day.

Her flatteries, her arts, her caresses, her tears, prevailed.