Hannibal being now at the gates, for he had moved his camp back again from Nuceria to Nola, and the commons beginning to turn their attention to revolt afresh, Marcellus, on the approach of the enemy, retired within the walls; not from apprehension for his camp, but lest he should give an opportunity for betraying the city, which too many were anxiously watching for.

This was revolt incipient.

Confusion to them, for enlisting into so bad a service, the first-rate forces which a successful revolt leaves at their disposal.

"Hours, days of bitter revolt comethe old madness for you, the old recklessness of desire, the savage impatience with life, assail me still.

I knew instantly whence it came, this wave of abhorrence and disgust, for even while I saw red and felt revolt rise in me, it seemed that I grew partially aware of the layer next below the goblin.

Can such a revolt succeed?