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Kneel.
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Kneel!
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Kneel!
:49:07
Kneel to your god!
:49:16
Some wine. There on the table.
:49:20
Now you've seen it. Now you know.
:49:23
Do you wonder that l behave as l do?
That we're all a little mad here?
:49:27
Many innocent people
know what it is to be accused.
:49:30
lnnocent? Who said l was innocent?
:49:32
Caligula was right.
l put those two up to it and they bungled it.
:49:36
Oh, if l were a man... lf l were Claudius,
l'd have killed Caligula long ago.
:49:40
l'd have won the guards to my side
and taken the empire for my own.
:49:43
But he's no better than the rest of them.
:49:45
Where was he tonight when l needed him?
l had only my wits to save me.
:49:49
And not for the first time.
:49:57
l don't want another night like this.
:50:02
l have a villa by the sea.
Claudius never goes there.
:50:06
l need protection, and l wantyou
to come with me. Will you come?
:50:11
Why do you ask me?
You said yourself l was your property.
:50:14
l'm not asking you as my property.
:50:18
l can free you. We'd be equals.
:50:22
l'm offering you life, Demetrius,
and a great deal more.
:50:26
Why do you choose me?
:50:27
Because you'd never crawl to anyone.
Because you're a man.
:50:32
Think, Demetrius. You're not blind.
:50:34
Do l have to say it all?
:50:36
For ten years l've been married
to a man old enough to be my father.
:50:39
l've never been close to another man.
l've never wanted to.
:50:44
l need you, Demetrius. l need your strength.
:50:54
You don't need me, Messalina.
:50:56
A woman with your wit,
your courage and your reputation.