Take back the ring." Arrius remained passive.
"Thou wilt not ?" Judah continued.

"Not in anger, then, nor in any despite, but to free myself from a hateful obligation, I will give thy gift to the sea.

See, O tribune!" He tossed the ring away.

Arrius heard the splash where it struck and sank, though he did not look.
"Thou hast done a foolish thing," he said; "foolish for one placed as thou art.

I am not dependent upon thee for death.