VI.

#Direct and indirect questions.#

1. Tarquin came from Etruria, a city of the Etruscans. 2. When Ancus died,[2] Tarquin was made guardian of his children. 3. Thus he obtained the throne. 4. (There) was at Rome a celebrated augur. 5. The king once asked him whether he could cut a whetstone with a razor. Can[1] you cut a whetstone with a razor? 7. You cannot[2] cut a whetstone with a razor, can you? 8. The sons of Ancus asked the shepherds whether they could commit a crime. 9. Can you commit a crime? 10. The shepherds entered[3] the palace and[3] began to bawl out. 11. One of them killed the king with an axe. 12. Does not this seem to you an atrocious crime?

[Footnotes: 1: H. 378, 2 (351, 1, N. 1); M. 698; A. 210, _a_; G. 454; B. 162, _c_. 2: H. 378 (351, 1, N. 3); M. 701; A. 210, _c_; G. 456; B. 162, _b_. 3: See p. 2, n. 8.]