iuvenili calliditati senilis astutia respondit, si quidem re eximia delectatus Tarquinius, fidei autem nuntii parum <credens>, nihil respondit, sed seducto eo in hortum maxima et altissima papaverum capita baculo decussit.
The old mans astuteness matched the young mans cunning. Tarquin was highly delighted by the message, but not altogether trusting the honesty of the messenger he gave no answer but drew him aside into the garden and there with his stick struck down the heads of the largest and tallest poppies.
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