noon
Charmian did not venture to go there ; a visit to Octavianus 's former teacher would have been misinterpreted , and it was repugnant to her own delicacy of feeling to hold intercourse at this time with the foe and conqueror of her royal mistress . She therefore let her brother drive with Berenike to the injured man 's ; but before his departure Archibius had promised , if the worst came , to dare everything to open the eyes of the Queen , who had forbidden her , Charmian , to speak in behalf of Barine and thwart the plans of Alexas . From the Paneum garden she was carried to the Kanopic Way and the Jewish quarter , where she had many important purchases to make for Cleopatra . It was long after noon when the litter was again borne to Lochias . On the way she had severely felt her own powerlessness . Without having accomplished anything herself , she was forced to wait for the success of others ; and she had scarcely crossed the threshold of the palace ere fresh cares were added to those which already burdened her soul . She understood how to read the faces of courtiers , and the door-keeper 's had taught her that since her departure something momentous had occurred .