Not now, my Maximus!
Maximus.
Nothing can be more pressing than this. You must hear me!
Julian.
Then in the name of fortune and wisdom, speak, my brother!
Maximus.
[Draws him apart, and says in a low voice.] You know how I have striven to search and spell out, both in books and through auguries, the issue of this campaign?
Julian.
I know that you have been unable to foretell anything.
Maximus.