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60 DARKNESS AND DAWN
'
No,' answered Nero ;
from a child.'
'
except it
be that she has ruled me
'
It is/ said the adventurer, ' because Pallas abets her, and
because
He paused.
'
'
Pallas ? Who is Pallas ? said the '
Emperor. An exslave
nothing more. I am not afraid of him. I will
dismiss him at once, and if he gives the least trouble, I will
threaten him with an inquisition into his account. He shall
go and end his Pallas-ship. 1 But what else were you going
to
'
say ?
Agrippina domineers/ he whispered in the Emperor's ear,
'
because Britaunicus is alive.'
'
Britaunicus ? answered Nero.
'
'
He said no more, but his brow became dark as night.
1
Note 10.