"I am sure you will like Cleopatra," he said, adding, with a wink unobserved by the Egyptian sovereign, "she is the only sane person in my establishment."
Cleopatra nodded in a tone of satisfaction.
"You hear what he says?" she said, turning to Mrs. Kenyon.
The latter saw that it was not wise to provoke one who would probably be her room-mate.
"I don't object to her," she said; "but to anyone. Give me any room, however small, so that I occupy it alone."
"Impossible, my dear madam," said her keeper decisively. "I can assure you that Cleopatra, though confined here for political reasons," here he bowed to the royal lunatic, "never gives any trouble, but is quite calm and patient."
"Thank you, doctor," said Cleopatra. "You understand me. Did you forward my last letter to Mark Antony?"
"Yes, your Majesty. I have no doubt he will answer it as soon as his duties in the field will permit."
"Where is he now?"
"I think he is heading an expedition somewhere in Asia Minor."