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act iii.]
caesar's apostasy.
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Arise and come to light, thou willing slave, thou who didst help at the world's next great turning-point.

Julian.

[Gazes for a moment into the empty space; suddenly he makes a gesture of repulsion towards the seat at its side, and says in a low voice:] No nearer!

Maximus.

[Who has turned his back.] Dost thou see him?

Julian.

Yes.

Maximus.

How dost thou see him?

Julian.

I see him as a red-bearded man. His garments are rent, and he has a rope round his neck——

Speak to him, Maximus!

Maximus.

'Tis thou must speak.

Julian.

What wast thou in life?

A Voice.

[Close beside him.] The twelfth wheel of the world chariot.

Julian.

The twelfth? The fifth is reckoned useless.

The Voice.

But for me, whither had the chariot rolled?