He whispered, eagerly: "My sister, Cyran the Beloved, is here.

She is waiting at the castle." "Whence came she ?" said the tribune, with astonishment.
"From the port of Ascalon, where she arrived by trireme with Appius.
They were wrecked, finding shore in a far country.

There the friend of Caesar, Probus Sulpicius Quirinus, discovered them on his way from Carthage, and brought them hither." Appius, fearing Antipater, had waited by the sea while Cyran came to find her brother and Vergilius.

The prince's threat and the words of Caesar had checked his feet with caution.

He forbade Cyran to tell any one of the presence of Arria.
"And where is my friend ?" Vergilius demanded.
"He waits on the ship to hear from you--whether it be safe to come.