I cannot command so dear a friend as Titianus, but I appeal to his heart to carry out my wishes.
"I rejoice to see you again; what delight I shall find in the whirl of confusion that I hope to find at Lochias.

You shall take me to see the artists, who are, no doubt, swarming in the old castle, as the architect Claudius Venator from Rome, who is to assist Pontius with his advice.
But this Pontius, who carried out such fine works for Herodes Atticus, the rich Sophist, met me at his house, and will certainly recognize me.

Tell him, therefore, what I propose doing.

He is a serious and trustworthy man, not a chatterbox or scatter-brained simpleton who loses his head.

Thus you may take him into the secret, but not till my vessel is in sight.