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Isis: |
As dusk fell, Achillas, and the assassins row out to meet Pompey’s boat.
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Achillas: |
The water is too shallow for your galley. Allow us to take you ashore in our
small boat.
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Pompey: |
[as he climbs in to the smaller, Egyptian boat] It’s wonderful to be in Egypt,
great land of my friend.
I hope that his son will welcome me with the same kindness.
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Achillas: |
You
will be welcomed like you deserve, Pompey the Great. [to slaves]
Row back to the shores of Egypt.
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Guard: |
Pompey, we have reached the shore, you may disembark first.
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Thoth: |
He was stabbed in the back by one of the guards as he stood up, wasn’t he?
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Isis: |
Yes. A report of this villainy was quickly carried to Cleopatra.
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