Unto Caesar by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy

Author:Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy [Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical fiction, Christian life -- Fiction, Rome -- Fiction, Caligula, Emperor of Rome, 12-41 -- Fiction
Published: 2008-03-08T16:00:00+00:00

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In his gilded cage supported by carved pillars and drawn by eight Ethiopian slaves, the favourite of Caligula was slowly wheeled into the arena.

A huge sigh rose from every breast. The tumult was hushed; dead silence fell upon the vast concourse of people suddenly turned to stone, alive only by two hundred thousand pairs of eyes fixed upon the cage and its occupant.

The black panther—with its sleek black coat on which the midday sun threw tiny blotches of tawny lights—was cowering in a corner of its cage; its snake-like head, with the broad flat brow and wide curved jaws, was drawn back between its shoulders, its small golden eyes, gleaming like yellow topaz, were half closed in wary somnolence.

Slowly the cage was wheeled round by the panting negro slaves, and then it was brought to a standstill against the copper gates at the eastern end of the arena.

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