Nay, nay! Is not truth here, where Libanius is?

The Philosopher.

[Looking hard at him.] H’m!—Libanius? Libanius will soon be silent. Libanius is weary of the strife, my lord!

Julian.

Weary? He—the invulnerable, the ever-victorious——?

The Philosopher.

He is weary of waiting for his peer.

Julian.

Now you jest, stranger! Where can Libanius hope to find his peer?

The Philosopher.