"I know that you are a great deal more lazy than becomes you; that you are not sufficiently earnest in the affairs of life; that you will never rise to be a great general like my cousin Hannibal." "That is all quite true," Adherbal laughed; "and yet you see you love me.

You perceive my faults only in theory and not in fact, and you do not in your heart wish to see me different from what I am.

Is it not so ?" "Yes," the girl said shyly, "I suppose it is.

Anyhow, I don't like the thought of your going away from me to that horrid Iberia." Although defeated for the moment by the popular vote, the party of Hanno were not discouraged.

They had suffered a similar check when they had attempted to prevent Hannibal joining Hasdrubal in Spain.
Not a moment was lost in setting to work to recover their lost ground.
Their agents among the lower classes spread calumnies against the Barcine leaders.