[Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz]@TWC D-Link bookQuo Vadis CHAPTER VII 11/55
And again she began to walk, her hands clinched as if in pain, and her face without hope. "Dost thou love him yet, Acte ?" asked Lygia, timidly. "I love him." And after a while she added,--"No one loves him but me." Silence followed, during which Acte strove to recover her calmness, disturbed by memories; and when at length her face resumed its usual look of calm sorrow, she said,-- "Let us speak of thee, Lygia.
Do not even think of opposing Caesar; that would be madness.
And be calm.
I know this house well, and I judge that on Caesar's part nothing threatens thee.
If Nero had given command to take thee away for himself, he would not have brought thee to the Palatine.
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