We will not fail, sir!
[They all go out by different ways, to the left. Soon after, the Emperor emerges from behind a tree on the right. He listens, looks round, and beckons to some one behind him.
Julian.
Hist! Come forward, Maximus! They did not see us.
Maximus.
[From the same side.] Oribases was one of them.
Julian.
Yes, yes; both he and Eutherius keep watch on me. They imagine that—— Has neither of them told you aught?
Maximus.
No, my Julian! But why have you awakened me? What would you here in the darkness?