You said yourself it was unseemly——
Gregory.
Towards whom? Towards God or the Emperor?
Julian.
[Quickly.] Well then: shall we go together?
Gregory.
[Evasively.] I have my little circle; I have my family to watch over. I have neither the strength nor the gifts for a larger task.
Julian.
[Is about to answer; suddenly he listens towards the right, and calls out.] To the bacchanal!
Basil.