Caesar Dies

Book Excerpt: executed, but whoever is known to have beenintimate with you or with your father will be in almost equal danger?You should have gone to Rome in person to consult your father.He ordered me to stay here to protect his interests. We ar... Read more

Book Excerpt: executed, but whoever is known to have beenintimate with you or with your father will be in almost equal danger?You should have gone to Rome in person to consult your father.He ordered me to stay here to protect his interests. We are rich,Norbanus. We have much property in Antioch and many tenants to oversee.I am not one of these modern irreligious wastrels; I obey my father--And betray him in an idiotic letter!Very well! Desert me while there is time! said Sextus angrily.Don't be a fool! You are not the only proud man in the empire, Sextus.I don't desert my friend for such a coward's reason as that he actedthoughtlessly. But I will tell you what I think, whether or not thatpleases you, if only because I am your true friend. You are a rash,impatient lover of the days gone by, possessed of genius that you betrayby your arrogant hastiness. So now you know what I think, and what allyour other friends think. We admire--we love our Sextus, son ofMaximus. And we confess toRead More Less