Quo viso Alexander, levato corpore in cubili, epistolam a Parmenione missam sinistra manu tenens accipit poculum et haurit interritus; tum epistolam legere Philippum iubet nec a vultu legentis movit oculos, ratus aliquas conscientiae notas in ipso ore posse deprehendere.
On seeing him Alexander raised himself in bed and, holding the letter sent by Parmenion in his left hand, took the cup and drank fearlessly; then he bade Philip read the letter, and he did not turn his eyes from the physicians face as he read, thinking that he would be able to detect any signs of guilt in his very expression.
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