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But at this moment Eumolpus, the older gladiator, by that dextrous back-stroke which was considered in the arena so difficult to avoid, had wounded Nepimus in the side. The people shouted; Lepidus turned pale. "Ho!" said Clodius, "the game is nearly over. If Eumolpus rights now the quiet fight, the other will gradually bleed himself away."
'But, thank the gods! he does not fight the backward fight. See! he presses hard upon Nepimus. By Mars! but Nepimus had him there! the helmet rang again! Clodius, I shall win! 'Why do I ever bet but at the dice? groaned Clodius to himself; or why cannot one cog a gladiator?
But at this moment, Eumolpus, the elder gladiator, by that dexterous back-stroke which was considered in the arena so difficult to avoid, had wounded Nepimus in the side. The people shouted; Lepidus turned pale. 'Ho! said Clodius, 'the game is nearly over. If Eumolpus fights now the quiet fight, the other will gradually bleed himself away.
The ædile paused, and proclaimed aloud that as Niger's wound disabled him from again entering the arena, Lydon was to be the successor to the slaughtered Nepimus and the new combatant of Eumolpus. "Yet, Lydon," added he, "if thou wouldst decline the combat with one so brave and tried, thou mayst have full liberty to do so. Eumolpus is not the antagonist that was originally decreed for thee.
"But, thank the gods! he does not fight the backward fight. See! he presses hard upon Nepimus. By Mars! but Nepimus had him there! the helmet rang again! Clodius, I shall win!" "Why do I ever bet but at the dice?" groaned Clodius to himself; "or why cannot one cog a gladiator?"
'Well, Clodius, shall I take compassion on you, and accept your own terms with these Romans? 'An even ten sestertia on Eumolpus, then? 'What! when Nepimus is untried? Nay, nay; that is to bad. 'Well ten to eight? 'Agreed. While the contest in the amphitheatre had thus commenced, there was one in the loftier benches for whom it had assumed, indeed, a poignant a stifling interest.
Nepimus, the lesser man, I have never seen before: but he is the son of one of the imperial fiscales, and brought up in a proper school; doubtless they will show sport, but I have no heart for the game; I cannot win back my money I am undone. Curses on that Lydon! who could have supposed he was so dexterous or so lucky?
The editor paused, and proclaimed aloud that, as Niger's wound disabled him from again entering the arena, Lydon was to be the successor to the slaughtered Nepimus, and the new combatant of Eumolpus. 'Yet, Lydon, added he, 'if thou wouldst decline the combat with one so brave and tried, thou mayst have full liberty to do so. Eumolpus is not the antagonist that was originally decreed for thee.
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