'And why should that disturb me?
Let him enter.' The door opened, and in came, preceded by the scent of half a dozen different perfumes, a florid, delicate-featured man, gorgeously dressed out in senatorial costume, his fingers and neck covered with jewels.
'The representative of the Caesars honours himself by offering at the shrine of Athene Polias, and rejoices to see in her priestess as lovely a likeness as ever of the goddess whom she serves....

Don't betray me, but I really cannot help talking sheer paganism whenever I find myself within the influence of your eyes.' 'Truth is mighty,' said Hypatia, as she rose to greet him with a smile and a reverence.
'Ah, so they say--Your excellent father has vanished.

He is really too modest--honest, though--about his incapacity for state secrets.

After all, you know, it was your Minervaship which I came to consult.

How has this turbulent Alexandrian rascaldom been behaving itself in my absence ?' 'The herd has been eating, and drinking, and marrying, as usual, I believe,' answered Hypatia, in a languid tone.
'And multiplying, I don't doubt.