_A! A!_" he went on, seeing that Sesostris was rolling the whites of his eyes, and was trembling in every limb, "you know for a certainty how and when Pratinas is to have Quintus Drusus killed! Don't deny it.

You will soon be in the meshes.

Don't hope to escape.

If murder comes to Drusus he may perish, but he has friends who will fearfully avenge his death." "Mercy! Mercy!" howled the Ethiop, falling on his knees and clutching at the young Greek's robe, "I know very little of the plot.

I only know--" "Don't equivocate," thundered Agias.