That, unless I misjudge my own inclinations in a similar matter, is something this mysterious Philadelphus hath arranged to relieve the tedium of--" "Tedium!" the girl exclaimed.

"By Hector, this Jewish wife of his would open his Ephesian eyes were she to let loose all I suspect in her!" "Brrr! But you are suspicious!" the athlete shivered.

The little girl shaped her lips into a kiss and the athlete leaning across the table snatched it from her before she could avoid him.
The women caught him by the back of his tunic and pulled him down in his chair.
"Sit down!" they whispered.

"Don't you see that Juventius is about to speak ?" The athlete glanced at the grown man, who had looked down into his plate at the youth's frolic with the child, with the utmost disdain and boredom in his expression.

Now that the silence became noticeable, he spoke in an affected voice, but one of the deepest music.
"Alas, these Jews!" he said.