Domitian considered her for a moment, thinking. He'd expected her to be more direct, but if this was the route they were going to take...

He rose and crossed to one of the nearby bookshelves. He took his time selecting the appropriate volume (Aristotle), then returned to his seat and found an earmarked page. "To be angry is easy," he read. "But to be angry with the right man, at the right time and in the right manner: that is not easy."

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