Whenever Cher'ea came to demand the watch-word from the emperor, according to custom, he always gave him either Venus, Adonis, or some such, implying softness and effeminacy.
14.

Cher'ea secretly imparted his design to several senators and knights, whom he knew to have received personal injuries from Calig'ula.

While these were deliberating upon the most certain and speedy method of destroying the tyrant, an unexpected incident gave new strength to the conspiracy.15.

Pempe'dius, a senator of distinction, being accused before the emperor of having spoken of him with disrespect, the informer cited one Quintil'ia, an actress, to confirm the accusation.16.

Quintil'ia, however, was possessed of a degree of fortitude not frequently found even in the other sex.