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"But truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death."--I SAMUEL XX. 3.
When the Cesar had finished speaking, and he fell swooning back in the arms of the praefect of Rome, the conspirators remained quite still, staring at one another, dumbfounded.