I only asked if you would use your influence among your friends to turn popular feeling against Augustus." "Nothing of the kind," the Jew said harshly.

"You wanted him removed by poison or the knife.

There is no mistake about that, and that is what I am going to swear, and what, if you want to save your life, you will have to swear too; and you will have to give the names of all concerned in the plot, and to swear that they were all agreed to bring about the death of the king.

Now you understand why you were brought here.

You are miles away from another house, and you may shout and scream as loud as you like.