Oh, Jesus!
Basil.
Horrible! And Clemazius——?
Gregory.
The death-warrant was sent to the governor, Honoratus. That weak man dared not disobey so high a command. Clemazius was thrown into prison and executed early next morning, without being suffered, my mother writes, to open his lips in his own defence.
Julian.
[Pale, in a low voice.] Burn these dangerous letters; they might bring us all to ruin.
Basil.
Such open violence in the midst of a great city![city!] Where are we; where are we?
Julian.