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Hegestratus, being caught in the act, and expecting to pay the penalty, took
to flight, and, hotly pursued by the others, flung himself into the sea. It was
dark, and he missed the ship's boat, and so was drowned. Thus, miserable as he
was, he met a miserable end as he deserved, suffering the fate which he purposed
to bring about for others.
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