Tell your story to Falto.

_Eho!_ What's that you've got under your cloak ?" And he pounced upon a small dagger poor Agias had carried as a precaution against eventualities.

"I imagine you are accustomed to use a little knife like this." And the fellow gave a gleeful chuckle.
It was in vain that Agias expostulated and tried to explain.

The porter kept him fast as a prisoner, and in a few moments by his shouts had aroused the whole sleeping household, and stewards, freedmen, and slaves came rushing into the atrium.

Candelabra blazed forth.