Alexandre Cabanel Nymph and Satyr painting

Alexandre Cabanel Nymph and Satyr paintingThomas Gainsborough Mrs Sheridan paintingThomas Gainsborough Landscape with Cattle painting
Augustus was alarmed. "He is not seriously ill, I hope?" But my grandmother Livia, as if her mother's anxiety for once overrode good manners-though of course she guessed at once that there was something in the letter that Tiberius was afraid to read because it reflected either on Augustus or herself-snatched it from him. She read it through, frowned grimly and handed it to Augustus, saying: "This is a matter which only concerns you. It is not my Business to punish a son, however unnatural, but yours as his guardian and as the head of the State."
Augustus was alarmed, wondering what in the world could be amiss. He read the letter, but it seemed to call for disapproval rather as something which had outraged my grandmother than as something written against himself. Indeed, except for the ugly word "compel", he secretly approved of the sentiments expressed in the letter, even