Decius enters the house: "My lord! How are you today? I hope you are well because I have some to escort you to the capital because I hear they have something to present to you. And a great man like you can only be receiving one thing, am I right? The crown! Isn't this a wonderful day to be given such a honor?"
Caesar: "Yes my dear Decius it really is but I'm afraid I'll be staying in today. My wife had a bad dream and is afraid that something bad will happen to me. In her dream the streets ran with my blood and the people dipped their hands in it and celebrated my death. To add to that, there has been a lot of weird things going on lately and my wife just doesn't want to risk anything."
Decius: "Well pardon me but I think the interpretation is all wrong! I think that the dream was not praising Caesar's death but that the people of Rome wanted to touch him so badly and have a part of him that they dipped their hands in his blood."
Caesar: "I do like the sound of that! It sounds much more reasonable and plausible. How I thought for just one moment that the good people of Rome would want me dead I don't know. I will go with you Decius."
(After Caesar and Decius leave)
Calpurnia: "Oh my dear husband. I thought that you could at least listen to me for one moment and heed my warning. I don't ask much but why, of all the times you could have gone and acted like what I said didn't matter, did you choose now? May the gods be with you wherever you go."
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