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Updated: May 2, 2025
"Those," said Aurelian in one of his letters, "who speak with contempt of the war I am waging against a woman, are ignorant both of the character and power of Zenobia. It is impossible to enumerate her warlike preparations of stones, of arrows, and of every species of missile weapons and military engines."
It went through him, as he had been but a sheet of papyrus, and then sung along the plain. The poor wretch gave one convulsive leap into the air, and dropped dead. 'Zenobia! exclaimed Julia. 'Great Queen! said Fausta. 'Shameful! 'dastardly! 'cowardly! broke from one and another of the company.
Her thoughts must have gone to her brother, with his strength and courage, his skill as a swimmer; but he was far away, unconscious of her desperate extremity. She had to choose, and the river was her choice. With that tragic conception of the drowning of Zenobia fresh in his mind, the realization of his sister's fate must have gained additional poignancy in my father's imagination.
Meanwhile, Zenobia and her companion had retreated from the window. Then followed an interval, during which I directed my eves towards the figure in the boudoir. Most certainly it was Priscilla, although dressed with a novel and fanciful elegance. The vague perception of it, as viewed so far off, impressed me as if she had suddenly passed out of a chrysalis state and put forth wings.
Some stunnin' Aunt Zenobia looks, for all her gray hair; and Mr. Ballard, in his Scotch tweed suit and with his ruddy cheeks, don't look a day over fifty. They're giggling merry over some remark of Lizzie's, and Zenobia calls in through the draperies. "Hello, Martha Torchy everybody!" she sings out. "Well, here we are, back from that absurd boardwalk resort, back to well, for the love of ladies!
We spent another hour in taking coffee and punch, and then the ladies went to change their clothes again. Zenobia took care that their new ones should be carefully packed in cardboard boxes and placed under the seat of my carriage. Croce's abandoned mistress found an opportunity of telling me that she was very happy with Zenobia. She asked me when we were to go.
We accordingly moved toward the seat which Zenobia now occupied, surrounded by her friends, some being seated and others standing without order around her. 'Good friends, she said, 'I believe one thought fills every mind present here. Is it not better that we give it utterance? I need the sympathy and the counsel of those who love me.
His chief strength was in the Arabs or Blemmyes of Upper Egypt, and in the Saracens who had lately been fighting against Rome under the standard of Zenobia.
In the rash violence of Aurelian in Syria, and in this reparation, both here and there, of the evil he has committed to the farthest extent possible, you witness a genuine revelation of his character. Would that principle rather than passion were the governing power of his life! Although I have passed many days at Tibur, yet have I seen but little of Zenobia. She is silent and solitary.
"Sister-in-law," cried Alexander, "don't go out! Don't let her go out!" But it was too late. Two horses stood before the door, and on one of them sat Zenobia. Blanka ran to her and took her hand. "Have you come at last?" she exclaimed. "Oh, how long we've been looking for you! Let me help you down." Zenobia, however, sat silent and made no move to dismount. "Where is Jonathan?" asked Blanka.
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