#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.]