Marius. Cethegus.

Cethegus.   Thou hast slept, Marius.

Marius.  And thou hast watched my sleep.

Ah! truest friend and follower, not in vain;

Dismiss that cloudy trouble from thy brows,

The doubts that vex thy heart; for know that Fate

Still has me in its keeping, and decrees

Yet other deeds and conquests at my hand,

And still one glorious triumph. I shall be

Once more, in Rome, a Consul! When a child,