Its settlement demands the promptest haste, and I am therefore unfortunately obliged to quit you immediately." Sabina returned the prefect's parting salutations with icy coldness and immediately desired to be conducted to her private rooms to dress herself for supper.
Balbilla escorted her, and Florus betook himself to the "Olympian table," the famous eating-house kept by Lycortas, of whom he had been told wonders by the epicures at Rome.
When Verus was alone with his wife he went up in a friendly manner and said: "May I drive you home again ?" Domitia Lucilla had thrown herself on a couch, and covered her face with her hands, and she made no reply.

"May I ?" repeated the praetor.

As his wife persisted in her silence, he went nearer to her, laid his hand on her slender fingers that concealed her face, and said: "I believe you are angry with me!" She pushed away his hand, with a slight movement, and said: "Leave me." "Yes, unfortunately I must leave you.

Business takes me into the city and I will--" "You will let the young Alexandrians, with whom you revelled through the night, introduce you to new fair ones--I know it." "There are in fact women here of incredible charm," replied Verus quite coolly.

"White, brown, copper-colored, black--and all delightful in their way.