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In the litter sat a man in white robes, whose face was not easily seen, for he held close to his eyes a roll of papyrus and was reading something diligently. "Make way for the noble Augustian!" cried the runners. But the street was so crowded that the litter had to wait awhile. The Augustian put down his roll of papyrus and bent his head, crying, "Push aside those wretches! Make haste!"
In the crush some one wounded his horse with a hammer; the beast threw up its bloody head, reared, and refused obedience. The crowd recognized in Vinicius an Augustian by his rich tunic, and at once cries were raised round about, "Death to Nero and his incendiaries!"
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