at procul e muris videre ut signa revelli Aeneadae versumque ducem, tacita ora vicissim ostentant nutuque docent quod credere magno non audent haerente metu; nec abire volentis sed fraudem insidiasque putant et Punica corda, ac tacitae natis infigunt oscula matres: donec procedens oculis sese abstulit agmen suspectosque dolos dempto terrore resolvit.
But when the Aeneadae from their walls saw the standards pulled up and Hannibal retreating in the distance, they exchanged looks in silence and conveyed by gestures what they dared not believe while panic still clung to their hearts: they supposed that Hannibal did not mean to depart; that this was a trick and a stratagem'an instance of Punic treachery; and mothers kept silence as they kissed their babes. But, when at last the army marched out of their sight, their fears vanished and their suspicion of a trick was lulled to rest.
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