[Bluntly.] Antony was a fool.

Octavian.

Hush, my dear Agrippa! You hurt her feelings.

[Agrippa shrugs his shoulders and crosses to Charmian, with whom he begins a vigorous flirtation.

Cleopatra.

[Angrily.] Never mind my feelings.

Octavian.

Frankly then, dear lady, we are not impressed. We came here prepared for a beautiful temptress, a dazzling siren whom I must resist or perish, something seductive, enticing. And what do we find?

Cleopatra.