And we in this house are but weak women folk.

Our only defence is our purity and the reverence of the people.

But only the evil wander the streets to-night; and our virtuous lives make us only the more attractive prey to such men as Gabinius." "Fabia," said the other Vestal, severely, "I am older than you.

I have beheld sights you have never seen.

I saw the riots when Saturninus and Glaucia came to their ends; when Marius was chased from Rome and Sulpicius put to death; when Marius returned with Cinna; and all the massacres and strife attending the taking of the city by Sulla.