He shook his head in denial.
Thinking to find the others, we searched the cell.

The floor was dry; so were the walls.

If three men had been shut in there, and two of them had died, at least their bones would have endured." "Wherefore thou thinkest--" "I think, O tribune, there has been but one prisoner there in the eight years." The chief regarded the keeper sharply, and said, "Have a care; thou art more than saying Valerius lied." Gesius bowed, but said, "He might have been mistaken." "No, he was right," said the tribune, warmly.

"By thine own statement he was right.

Didst thou not say but now that for eight years food and drink had been furnished three men ?" The bystanders approved the shrewdness of their chief; yet Gesius did not seem discomfited.
"You have but half the story, O tribune.