2:39:02
ln Rome,
dignity shortens life...
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even more surely than disease.
2:39:07
The gods must be saving you
for some great enterprise.
2:39:10
You think so?
2:39:12
Anyone who believes l'll turn informer
for nothing is a fool.
2:39:16
l bore the whip
without complaint.
2:39:19
Yes, indeed, that sounds
like a bad attack of dignity.
2:39:22
l hope, however,
this will not deflect you...
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from the revenge
you were going to take on Crassus.
2:39:27
No, on the contrary.
lt only strengthens my resolve.
2:39:30
l'm glad to learn that.
2:39:35
This woman Varinia is in his house.
All Rome knows about it.
2:39:38
Malicious tongues even say...
2:39:40
that he's in love
for the fiýrst time in his life.
2:39:47
l noticed a strange look in his eye
when he fiýrst saw her.
2:39:50
lt would take a great woman...
2:39:52
to make Crassus
fall out of love with himself.
2:39:55
l'll be honest with you,
Gracchus.
2:39:57
She's not as unattractive
as l told you she was.
2:40:00
Dignity and honesty in one afternoon!
l hardly recognize you.
2:40:05
- But she is an impossible woman.
- Beautiful?
2:40:08
Beautiful? Well, beautiful.
2:40:10
The more chains you put on her,
the less like a slave she looks.
2:40:12
- Proud?
- Proud, proud.
2:40:15
You'd feel that she would surrender
to the right man...
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which is irritating.
2:40:20
l like Crassus.
Let's save him from his agony.
2:40:24
Let's steal this woman.
2:40:27
Steal the woman? Why?
2:40:30
l can no longer hurt Crassus
in the senate...
2:40:32
but l can hurt him where
he'll feel it most: in his pride.
2:40:36
Attack our enemy from within.
2:40:38
The scheme is excellent...
2:40:40
but l hope you're not suggesting
that l steal the woman!
2:40:43
Yes.
2:40:45
Buy some horses
and a cart with a canopy.
2:40:48
Bring her here by nightfall.
2:40:52
Add courage
to your newfound virtues.
2:40:57
Would half a million sesterces
make you brave?