Gallus.

Were that so, then were our august kinsman balder than Julius Caesar.

Julian.

Beware how you speak! Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s——

Gallus.

My father’s blood——your father’s and your mother’s——!

Julian.

Oh, what know we of those horrors? We were children then. The soldiers were chiefly to blame; it was the rebels—evil counsellors——

Gallus.

[Laughing.] The Emperor’s successor rehearses his part!