Julian.
The bath? Nay, let that be. What is the filth of the body compared with all the rest? Go!
[Agilo goes out again. The Emperor stands some time in thought.
The seer of Nazareth sat at meat among publicans and sinners.—
Where lies the gulf between that and this?——
[Hekebolius enters from the left, and stops apprehensively at the door.
Julian.
What would you, man?
Hekebolius.
[Kneeling.] Sire!