Time to Go
by Colleen McCullough
Colleen McCullough
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough
Your much-loved father-in-law, Gaius Julius Caesar, died this afternoon. As you know, he has been suffering from a malignancy in the throat for some time. And this afternoon he fell on his sword. He chose the best alternative, as I’m sure you will agree. No man should linger to be a burden to his loved ones, especially when it detracts from his dignity and integrity as a man. Is there one among us who prefers life to death when life mean lying in one’s own excrement, or being cleaned of their excrement by a slave? No, when a man cannot command either his bowels or his gorge, it is time to go.
Publius Rutilius Rufus
The First Man in Rome