Alas! the Roman is not so kind.

I am going of necessity.

To stay here is to die; and if I go there, the end will be the same--a poisoned cup, a bravo's blow, or a judge's sentence obtained by perjury.

Messala and the procurator Gratus are rich with plunder of my father's estate, and it is more important to them to keep their gains now than was their getting in the first instance.

A peaceable settlement is out of reach, because of the confession it would imply.