Happily we are able to dress her as befits.

When will the prefect's wife fetch you ?" "To-morrow about noon." "Then early to-morrow buy a nice new dress." "Will there not be enough for a new bracelet too ?" asked Arsinoe, coaxingly.

"This one of mine is too narrow and trumpery." "You shall have one, for you have deserved it," replied Keraunus, with dignity.

"But you must have patience till the day after to-morrow; to-morrow the goldsmiths will be closed on account of the festival." Arsinoe had never seen her father so cheerful and talkative as he was to-day, and yet the walk from the theatre to Lochias was not a very short one, and it was long past the early hour at which he was accustomed to retire to bed.
By the time the father and daughter reached the palace it was already tolerably late, for, after Arsinoe had quitted the stage, suitable representatives of parts had been selected for three other scenes from the life of Alexander, by the light of torches, lamps and tapers; and before the assemblage broke up, Plutarch's guests were entertained with wine, fruit, syrups, sweet cakes, oyster pasties, and other delicacies.
The steward had fallen with good will on the noble drink and excellent food, and when he was replete, he was wont to be in a better humor, and after a modicum of wine, in a more cheerful mood than usual.

Just now he was content and kind, for although he had done all that lay in his power, the entertainment had not lasted long enough, for him to arrive at a state of intoxication which could make him surly, or to overload his digestion.