I shall ride out there and see your mother when this business is over.

What they can find to talk about so long I can't make out.
"The question is a simple one, surely.

Will it be better for Carthage at large, and our party in particular, for Hannibal to stay at the head of the army in Spain, or to come home and bring the influence of his popularity and reputation to bear upon the populace?
There is the question put in a nutshell, and if they can't decide upon it let them toss up.

There is virtue, I am ready to maintain, in an appeal to dame Fortune.
"Look round now, Malchus, is it not amusing to study men's characters.
Look at little Philene going about among the groups, standing on tiptoe to whisper into the ear first of one and then of another.

He prides himself on his knowledge of affairs, and in his heart believes that he is shamefully wronged inasmuch as he is not already on the secret committee.
"Look at Bomilca leaning against that pillar and lazily pulling his mustache, an easygoing giant, who looks upon the whole thing as a nuisance, but who, if he received orders from the conclave, would put himself at the head of the Libyans, and would march to storm Hanno's house, and to slaughter his Nubian guard without a question.
"Look at Magon's face of importance as he walks about without speaking to anyone.