Episode 11.2: Cubiculum Tertiī

 

"Hannibal!" inquit Bellātor. "Hannibal cum elephantīs!"

 

Tertius nihil statim dīxit.

 

Octāviāna oculōs clausit.

 

"Hannibal," inquit Tertius, "in bellō Pūnicō secundō erat. nōn in prīmō."

 

silentium breve fuit. Tertius oculōs ā Bellātōre nōn mōvit.

 

"in bellō prīmō Hannibal nōn pugnāvit," addidit. "ubi bellum prīmum fīnem habuit, Hannibal sex annōs nātus erat."

 

Bellātor ōs aperuit, deinde clausit.

 

"puer erat," inquit Tertius. "et elephantī posteā vēnērunt."

 

vōx eius nōn mūtāta erat. nōn rīsit.

 

Octāviāna rīsum cēlāvit. paulum cēlāvit.

 

"iterum errāvī," inquit Bellātor.

 

Tertius eum diū spectāvit, deinde ad mēnsam sē vertit.

 

"nōmen rēctum est, et nōmina difficilia sunt," inquit. "bellum falsum est, et bella facilia sunt. hoc mūtāre possumus. audī."

 


 perge.

 

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