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caesar's apostasy.
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Julian.
Which of us? Which? All hangs on that!
Maximus.
Thou knowest more than I. What said the voice in the light?
Julian.
The voice in the light!
[With a cry.] The empire! The empire? To found the empire! Maximus. The third empire! Julian. No; a thousand times no! Away, corrupter! I renounce thee and all thy works Maximus. And necessity? Julian. I defy necessity! I will not serve it! I am free, free, free![1] [A noise outside; the dancing-girls and flute-players take to flight.
Maximus.
[Listening towards the right.] What is this alarm and shrieking?
Julian.
Strange men are forcing their way into the house
- ↑ See Ibsen's Correspondence, Letter 115, to George Brandes.
