Iamque luce orta duces ad accipienda imperia convenerant, insolito circa praetorium silentio attoniti; quippe alias accersere ipsos et interdum morantes castigare assueverat, tunc ne ultimo quidem rerum discrimine excitatum esse mirabantur et non somno quiescere, sed pavore marcere credebant.
And now, at daybreak, the generals had assembled to receive their orders, amazed at the unwonted silence around the kings tent; for at other times he had been wont to summon them, and sometimes to chide the tardy, now they marvelled that he was not aroused even at the final crisis of affairs, and believed that he was not resting in sleep, but wilting away through fear.
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