:04:25
The lady Diana, as beautiful as ever.
:04:29
- And as cold.
- You commanded my presence here, sire.
:04:33
- Only because my invitations were ignored.
- l sent word that l was ill.
:04:37
And you have chosen to be a guest of
Senator Gallio, who bears me no great love.
:04:44
Shouldn't l consider
such behaviour an affront?
:04:48
You are the emperor, sire.
:04:50
lt is not in my power to affront you.
:04:53
Good. Good.
:04:56
Tell me, what news have the Gallios had
of their precious son Marcellus?
:05:02
- None, sire.
- And you.
:05:05
He must have written to you.
:05:10
Not for almost a year.
:05:12
His last letter was from
a village in Palestine called Cana.
:05:15
And nothing since then?
:05:17
Nothing from Antioch,
or Ephesus, or Corinth?
:05:26
You are telling the truth, aren't you?
:05:29
Poor Diana. He's played
you false, like the rest of us.
:05:33
- What do you mean?
- l mean he's here in Rome,
:05:37
and has been for some time.
:05:39
- That's impossible.
- He fooled me, too.
:05:41
l thought he was only a wastrel and a clown.
:05:44
He's become one of the most
dangerous men in the empire,
:05:47
a traitor and a conspirator against the state.
:05:49
- No. Not Marcellus.
- That's why he hasn't come to you,
:05:52
or his family, or his friends.
:05:55
You've heard of this new sect, these fanatics
who call themselves Christians?
:05:59
- He's one of them, one of the ringleaders.
- lt can't be true.