Of course, like my uncle before me, I always invited to any of my formal entertainments all my neighbors except Ducconius Furfur, our enemy, and the only neighbor with whom we were not on good terms.
Equally, of course, Vedius Caspo at Villa Vedia and Satronius Dromo at Villa Satronia, regularly found some transparent pretext for declining my invitation, each fearing that, if he accepted, the other might by some prank of the gods of chance accept also, and they might encounter each other.
The thread was too strong for me to break.

I tore it out of the seal, and, asking my guests' indulgence, I opened the note.

It read: "Vedius Caspo to his good friend Andivius Hedulio.

If you are well I am well also.

I was writing at Villa Vedia on the day before the Nones of June.