Cleopatra, Chapter 18: Zusammenfassung

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1. Harmachis reads inscriptions permitting the treasure’s removal only to save Khem and requiring the Pharaoh’s body to be returned.
2. Cleopatra hesitates, then renews her promise to marry Harmachis and resist Rome while insisting on seeing the emeralds.
3. They unwrap the mummy, cut open its breast, and extract 148 emeralds and two enormous pearls.
4. They return the body to its coffin, collect jewels and ornaments, and climb out of the burial chamber.
5. They discover the eunuch dead, and a huge bat leaves his chin, approaches Cleopatra, and returns toward the tomb.
6. They flee through the pyramid, lose their lamps, and reach the outside, where Cleopatra faints and Harmachis seals the entrance.

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Cleopatra’s desire overcomes her fear of the tomb. The statement sharpens the tension between her claim of national necessity and her personal attraction to the jewels.

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