Will you permit her to come with me for the present ?" "No," said Caracalla, sharply, and he bade him go about the business he had in hand.

Then, turning to Philostratus, he begged him to conduct Melissa to Euryale, the high-priest's noble wife, for she had been a kind and never-forgotten friend of his mother's.
The philosopher gladly escorted the young girl to the matron, who had long been anxiously awaiting her return..