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But even if they tell the truth , misfortune , when it does come , always comes much too soon . Do you agree with me ? '' `` Your suggestion sounds a very sensible one -- still I think -- '' `` It is both sensible and wise , '' said the praetor , shortly and decidedly , interrupting the boy . `` And it must be your part to hinder Hadrian from marking the course of the stars from the end of the second to the beginning of the fourth hour after midnight . '' `` My part ? '' cried Antinous , startled . `` Yours -- for you are the only person who can accomplish it . ''