Part 21 (1/1)
”Ave, Caesar!” he said, throwing up his right hand
”You o,” said Pertinax ”Go in silence Not a word to a soul in the corridors Leave Rome Leave Italy Take sextus with you”
”You will let hio?” asked Marcia ”Pertinax, ill becoate and command them to seize him! sextus and Narcissus-”
”Have my promise!” he retorted ”If the fates intend me to be Caesar, it shall not be said I slew the men who set me on the throne”
”You are Caesar,” she answered ”How long will you last? All omens favored you-the murder in the tunnel-now this storm, like a veil to act behind, and-”
”And last night a falling star!” said Galen ”Give o too, or else kill me I am no more use This is the second ti a Caesar Commodus the hero, and now you the-”
”Silence!” Marcia commanded ”Or even Pertinax may rise above his scruples! Write a death certificate at once, and go your way and follow sextus!”