[Recoiling.] Madman, of what are you thinking?
Gregory.
Is your brother dear to you? Would you save him?
Julian.
I once loved Gallus above all others.
Gregory.
Once——?
Julian.
So long as he was only my brother. But now——; is he not Caesar? Gregory,—Basil,—oh, my beloved friends,—I tremble for my life, I draw every breath in fear, because of Gallus Caesar. And you ask me to defy him to his face, me, whose very existence is a danger to him?
Gregory.