Beginning with the morning, he had tried to go to the cunicula to be sure that she was there; but the pretorians watched every entrance, and orders were so strict that the soldiers, even those whom he knew, would not be softened by prayers or gold.
Reggel óta igyekezett bejutni a cuniculumokba, hogy megállapítsa, vajon Lygia ott van-e, de praetorianusok őriztek minden bejáratot, s oly szigorú parancsuk volt, hogy még az ismerős katonák szívét sem lehetett meglágyítani sem kéréssel, sem arannyal.