For he is in Caesar's train, and it would be vain to try to speak with him to-day or to-morrow." "But the journey through the town will do the sufferer a mischief." "He will be carried in a litter." "But even that is not good for him.

Perfect quiet, Ptolemaeus said, was the best medicine." "But Galenus has even better remedies at hand," was the reply.
Melissa seemed satisfied with this assurance, for she walked on for some time in silence.

But when the uproar of the crowd in the vicinity of the Serapeum became more audible as they advanced, she suddenly stood still, and said: "Come what may, I will find my way to the great physician's presence and crave his help." "You ?" cried the freedman; and when she firmly reiterated her purpose, the strong man turned pale.
"You know not what you say!" he exclaimed, in deep concern.

"The men who guard the approaches to Caracalla are ruthless profligates, devoid of courtesy or conscience.

But, you may rely upon it, you will not even get into the antechamber." "Perhaps.