Thepeoplecomingtowardhimturnedintosomelittlesidestreet, , wheretheslavesofrichhouseswereforcedtorisebeforedaylight; inportionsinhabitedbyafreepopulation, supportedatthecostoftheState, henceunoccupied, theywokeratherlate, , afterhehadsatsometimeonthethreshold, feltapiercingcold; soherose, and, convincinghimselfthathehadnotlostthepursereceivedfromVinicius, turnedtowardtheriverwithastepnowmuchslower.
"ImayseeCroton'sbodysomewhere," saidhetohimself."Ogods! thatLygian, ifheisaman, mightmakemillionsofsestertiainthecourseofoneyear; forifhechokedCroton, likeawhelp, whocanresisthim? , forallthat! ? , beyondadoubtthesoulofViniciusispulingabovethatcursedhousenow, ! butheisapatrician, afriendofCaesar, arelativeofPetronius, amanknowninallRome, , ortheguardsofthecity, forinstance?"
Herehestoppedandbegantothink, butsaidafterawhile,—"Woeisme! WhotookhimtothathouseifnotI? HisfreedmenandhisslavesknowthatIcametohishouse, ? Thoughitappearafterward, inthecourt, thatIdidnotwishhisdeath, , heisapatrician; , andgofarawaysomewhere, Ishallplacemyselfunderstillgreatersuspicion."
; , and, thoughsomesuspicionmightfallonhim, 'swholepastwasofsuchcharacterthateverycloseracquaintancewiththeprefectofthecityortheprefectoftheguardmustcausehimveryserioustrouble, andconfirmalsoeverysuspicionwhichmightentertheheadsofofficials.
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