inde, ubi nulla sequi propius pone arma virumque incomitata videt vestigia ferre per umbras, prosiliens tumulo contorquet nuda parentis in terga haud frustra iaculum; Tyriamque sequentum Satricus esse manum et Sidonia vulnera credens, auctorem caeci trepidus circumspicit ictus.
But then, when he saw no soldiers following close behind, but only a single man walking alone in the dark, he sprang up from the tomb and threw his javelin at his fathers unprotected back. His aim was true; and Satricus, believing that he was pursued by a Carthaginian force and that his wound was due to them, looked round anxiously, to discover the unseen hand that had struck him.
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