25/36 But the abundance that had prevailed at Carthage made them furiously jealous. They broke open the sycamore chest; it was three parts empty. They had seen such sums coming out of it, that they thought it inexhaustible; Gisco must have buried some in his tent. Matho led them, and as they shouted "The money! the money!" Gisco at last replied: "Let your general give it to you!" He looked them in the face without speaking, with his great yellow eyes, and his long face that was paler than his beard. |