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.
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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?
2:41:03
Half a million?
2:41:09
Crassus does seem to dwindle
in the mind, but--
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Let's reduce him still further.
A round million!
2:41:18
A million.
2:41:20
For such a sum,
l could bribe Jupiter himself!
2:41:23
With a lesser sum, l have.
2:41:31
Forgive the intrusion.
2:41:33
You know l'm not in the habit
of coming into your house uninvited.
2:41:36
You've always been welcome here...
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as a pupil.
2:41:44
- You're not alone.
- No.
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This time you've come to teach.
2:41:52
You've joined Crassus?
2:41:55
- Am l arrested?
- No.
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But l must ask you to come with me
to the senate immediately.