Tell me about Vetranio.' 'How ill-natured you are! Oh! I shall never forget how we laughed when I told Vetranio what I had seen.

He took up his writing materials, and made the satire immediately.

The next day all Rome heard of it.

My uncle was speechless with rage! I believe he suspected me; but he gave up converting the Arian lady, and--' 'I ask you again--Is Vetranio rich ?' 'Half Sicily is his.

He has immense estates in Africa, olive-grounds in Syria, and corn-fields in Gaul.