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106 Now, Alexander, thou art indeed a king, exclaimed Hephæstion.

Thanks, good Hephæstion. It were shameful in me to seek to be a conqueror, if I could not command myself. Now, then, sweet friend, when the world is all mine, find me new planets to subdue; else I will punish thee, by again falling in love.