"My proposal is easy to receive."
"You forget that your life is precious to me."
"But think of this young lad."
"I pity him deeply. But do you think I can receive your life as a forfeit?"
"It is forfeited already, and will be surrendered sooner or later. I pray you let it be yielded up while it may be of service."
"You shall not die as long as I can prevent it. Your life is not yet forfeited. By the immortal gods, it will be long before you take your place in the arena."
"No one can save me when once I am taken. You might try your utmost. What could you do to save one on whom the emperor's wrath is falling?"
"I might do much to avert it. You do not know what might be done. But even if I could do nothing, still I would not listen to this proposal now."
"If I went to the emperor himself he would grant my prayer."
"He would take you prisoner at once and put both of you to death."