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272 have found that to my cost. I could never trust him to receive the emissaries of foreign princes.

And yet we beg you, sire—all who are here present—to be magnanimous, both to Ursulus and to the others.

Who are the others?

Too many, I fear. I will only name the under-treasurer, Evagrius, the late chamberlain, Saturninus, the supreme judge, Cyrenus, and

Why do you stop?

[With hesitation.] Sire—the late Empress's reader, Hekebolius, is also among the accused.

What!

I? Impossible!

Accused of having accepted bribes from unworthy office-seekers

Hekebolius accused of that? A man like Hekebolius?