Iam alii ex cohorte in stationem successerant ante cubiculi fores excubituri, adhuc tamen coniurati stabant vice officii sui expleta; adeo pertinax spes  est, quam humanae mentes devoraverunt.
Now, although the others in the group had replaced them, and were standing guard outside the door of the king's bedchamber, the conspirators still lingered, even though their watch had ended. Such is the tenacity of hope that the human mind so eagerly conceives.