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caesar's apostasy.
[act iii.
Leontes.
I do but deliver the Emperor's commands.
Julian.
I—I Caesar!—Ah, where is Gallus?
Leontes
Oh, do not ask me.
Julian.
Where is Gallus? Tell me, I conjure you,—where is Gallus?
Leontes.
[Standing up.] Gallus Caesar is with his beloved wife.
Julian.
Dead?
Leontes.
In bliss, with his wife.
Julian.
Dead! dead! Gallus dead! Dead in the midst of his triumphal progress! But when,—and where?
Leontes.
Oh, my dear lord, spare me
Gregory of Nazianzus.
[Struggling with the guards at the door.] I must go to him! Aside, I say!—Julian!
Julian.
Gregory, brother,—after all, you come again?
