I resolved to follow her suggestions.

I had set out for the Palace unusually early.

I had plenty of time.

I ordered my bearers to carry me through the heart of the City down the whole length of the _Vicus Tuscus_ to the meat market.
I should, I suppose, have been in an agony of vain regrets; I rather expected from moment to moment to be drowned in an inundation of such sensations, I was more than a little surprised at my actual feelings.

Here I was, hitherto a wealthy Roman nobleman in excellent standing with my fellows, my superiors and the Prince; from now on a hunted fugitive and not likely to postpone my last hour more than a few days.