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Les travailleurs, alors, se mirent en colère, et une bagarre terrible s'engagea. Des injures, on passa vite aux menaces et aux coups de bêches et de pioches. Finie l'amitié, finie la fraternité, plus rien que haine et rage atroces. Les bêches et les pioches se mirent à s'abattre sur ceux qui sautaient et se moquaient. Ces hommes perdirent comme la lumière de leurs yeux. Ils s'assaillirent férocement, se jetèrent à terre, l'un sur l'autre, pour se battre et se venger, jusqu'au moment où deux, trois d'entre eux tombèrent dans le fossé d'où devaient surgir les murs de la ville.
Alors, j'ai pensé : mort ou vif, mieux vaut risquer la fuite. Le maître, tu le sais, avait des amis hier soir à dîner : ils se sont tous enivrés ; on a oublié de m'enchaîner ; alors j'ai pris mon frère et nous nous sommes échappés. Risque terrible, n'est-ce pas ? et encore maintenant, je ne me sens point rassuré. Je veux arriver à l'asile. Là seulement, je commencerai à respirer et à ne plus avoir devant les yeux le fantôme du maître. Que Jupiter le conserve dans son ivresse encore un bon moment !
Il n'y a pas un garçon qui coure comme lui ! » « Quel prix aura-t-il ? » « Cet agnelet-ci », dit Syra en le prenant dans ses bras. L'agneau avait l'air d'un gros flocon de laine blanche et Syra disparaissait tout entière derrière cette toison blanche. On ne voyait plus qu'un petit minois rose et deux yeux noirs tout brillants. Servius caressa le petit agneau, non sans grande envie de câliner aussi le petit minois rose. Mais, à cet instant même, fut donné le signal de la course. La bergère s'approcha lestement pour voir ; Servius et Syra firent de même, et Servius prit la main de Syra.