Besides, the dark streets were full of bandits, and he had therefore taken a circuitous route to avoid attack.

Agias had to let him ramble through all the details, although he knew very well that Pisander would never have taken so much trouble to come if he had not had information of the first importance to impart.
"And now, my dear Pisander," ventured the young Greek, at length, "I will ask Dromo to set something to drink before us; and I hope you will tell me why you have come." Pisander glanced timidly over his shoulder, pulled at his beard with suppressed excitement, then bent down, and in a very low voice burst out:-- "Pratinas and"-- he hesitated--"Valeria!" "_Ai"_ cried Agias, "I have suspected it for a very long time.

You are sure the fox has snapped up his goose ?" "By Hercules, very sure! They are planning to go to Egypt.

Pratinas has just had a wonderful stroke of luck.

He received six hundred thousand sesterces[127] with which to corrupt a jury for some poor wretch who expected to enlist Pratinas's cunning to get him out of the toils of the law.