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He is weary of waiting for his peer.

Now you jest, stranger! Where can Libanius hope to find his peer?

His peer exists.

Who? Where? Name him?

It might be dangerous.

Why?

Are you not a courtier?

And what then?

[In a lower voice.] Would you be foolhardy enough to praise the Emperor's successor?

[Deeply shaken.] Ah!

[Hastily.] If you betray me, I shall deny all!