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"If I could persuade myself it is but a mistake, I would not be afraid." "A crime then or, worse, a breach of duty. Thou mayst laugh at Caesar, or curse the gods, and live; but if the offence be to the eagles ah, thou knowest, Gesius go on!" "It is now about eight years since Valerius Gratus selected me to be keeper of prisoners here in the Tower," said the man, deliberately.
In the spell of waiting a man appeared in a doorway leading to an adjoining apartment. He rattled a bunch of keys, each heavy as a hammer, and at once attracted the chief's attention. "Ah, Gesius! come in," the tribune said.
And I asked, 'Who are you? and had reply, 'A woman of Israel, entombed here with her daughter. Help us quickly, or we die. I told them to be of cheer, and hurried here to know your will." The tribune arose hastily. "Thou wert right, Gesius," he said, "and I see now. The map was a lie, and so was the tale of the three men. There have been better Romans than Valerius Gratus."
They were put there to die, and be lost. The cell is leprous. Do you understand? With that he let me go." Gesius stopped, and from the breast of his tunic drew three parchments, all much yellowed by time and use; selecting one of them, he spread it upon the table before the tribune, saying, simply, "This is the lower floor." The whole company looked at
'Here, Gesius, he said, 'see this cell. He laid his finger on the one numbered V. 'There are three men confined in that cell, desperate characters, who by some means got hold of a state secret, and suffer for their curiosity, which' he looked at me severely 'in such matters is worse than a crime. Accordingly, they are blind and tongueless, and are placed there for life.
The bystanders approved the shrewdness of their chief; yet Gesius did not seem discomfited. "You have but half the story, O tribune. When you have it all, you will agree with me. You know what I did with the man: that I sent him to the bath, and had him shorn and clothed, and then took him to the gate of the Tower, and bade him go free. I washed my hands of him.
The chief regarded the keeper sharply, and said, "Have a care; thou art more than saying Valerius lied." Gesius bowed, but said, "He might have been mistaken." "No, he was right," said the tribune, warmly. "By thine own statement he was right. Didst thou not say but now that for eight years food and drink had been furnished three men?"
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