[Trying to draw back.] Then I beg leave to defer——
Julian.
No, no, my Caesarius; this friend may hear everything.
Caesarius.
Friend, say you? Oh my Emperor, then you have not ordered these imprisonments?
Julian.
What mean you?
Caesarius.
Do you not know? Nevita—the general-in-chief, as he now calls himself—is instituting prosecutions under pretext of your authority, against all the trusted servants of your predecessor.
Julian.