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caesar's apostasy.
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Julian.
A barter, Sallust; the lives of thousands against the death of thousands.
Sallust.
Have your enemies the right to live?
Julian.
Happy you, whose gods are afar off. Oh, to possess this hardihood of will!
A Voice.
[Calling from deep in the galleries below.] Julian, Julian!
Sallust.
Ah! What is that?
Julian.
Leave me, dear friend; go quickly!
The Voice.
Silence the psalm-singing, Julian!
Sallust.
It calls again. Oh, then it is true!
Julian.
What is true?
Sallust.
That you abide down here with a mysterious stranger, a soothsayer or a magician, who came to you by night.
Julian.
Ha-ha; do they say that? Go, go!
