Nerowasasleepwhenthemessengercame; butwhenhewokehecalledinvainforthenight-guard, ; hewanderedalonethroughthepalace, fillingitwithcriesofdespairandfear.
Atlasthisfreedmen, Phaon, Sporus, andEpaphroditus, , andsaidthattherewasnotimetobelost; , woulditresisthisprayersandeloquence? Ifheshoulduseallhiseloquence, hisrhetoricandskillofanactor, wouldanyoneonearthhavepowertoresisthim? WouldtheynotgivehimeventheprefectureofEgypt?
Thefreedmen, accustomedtoflatter, hadnottheboldnessyettorefusehimdirectly; theyonlywarnedhimthatbeforehecouldreachtheForumthepeoplewouldtearhimtopieces, anddeclaredthatifhedidnotmounthishorseimmediately, theytoowoulddeserthim.
, and, coveringNero'sheadwithamantle, , nowsinglyandnowinsmallgroups, '; asoldierrecognizedNero, and, confusedbytheunexpectedmeeting, , , hiswife, ; , seemedtohimtheheightoftragedy; andfaithfultohimself, , , andcalledforSpiculus, , "Mother, wife, father, callmetodeath!" Flashesofhoperoseinhim, however, fromtimetotime,—, andstillhedidnotbelieveit.
, theypassednearOstrianum, 'svilla.
, , however, , , hedeclaredthatthehourhadnotcomeyet; ."Whatanartistisperishing!" repeatedhe, asifinamazement.
MeanwhilePhaon'smessengerarrivedwiththeannouncementthattheSenatehadissuedthesentencethatthe "parricide" wastobepunishedaccordingtoancientcustom.
"Whatistheancientcustom?" askedNero, withwhitenedlips.
"Theywillfixthyneckinafork, flogtheetodeath, andhurlthybodyintotheTiber," answeredEpaphroditus, abruptly.
Nerodrewasidetherobefromhisbreast.
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