I, Claudius (TV Mini Series)

Old King Log (1976)

John Cater: Narcissus

Quotes 

• Narcissus : Unable to poison Claudius' food, Agripinilla must have poisoned hers. It was in a dish of mushrooms, which she loved and out of which she had been eating. He had finished his own and had called for more, which he often did. Then she offered him hers, out of her own dish. At first, I thought nothing of it; when you're used to seeing someone eat out of a dish it doesn't occur to you that it may contain something different in just one part. And then, she lifted the mushroom onto her fork and held it out for him to take. I knew then there was something different about it. And I knew too, as certainly as I knew *that,* that *he* knew. He *knew* it was poisoned, that his end was near, and he didn't care. He welcomed it.