I sold to that poor Eunice two threads from my old mantle.

She is dull; but if Petronius were to give her to me, I would take her.

Yes, yes, Chilo Chilonides, thou hast lost father and mother, thou art an orphan; therefore buy to console thee even a female slave.
She must indeed live somewhere, therefore Vinicius will hire her a dwelling, in which thou too mayest find shelter; she must dress, hence Vinicius will pay for the dress; and must eat, hence he will support her.

Och! what a hard life! Where are the times in which for an obolus a man could buy as much pork and beans as he could hold in both hands, or a piece of goat's entrails as long as the arm of a boy twelve years old, and filled with blood?
But here is that villain Sporus! In the wine-shop it will be easier to learn something." Thus conversing, he entered the wine-shop and ordered a pitcher of "dark" for himself.

Seeing the sceptical look of the shopkeeper, he took a gold coin from his purse, and, putting it on the table, said,--"Sporus, I toiled to-day with Seneca from dawn till midday, and this is what my friend gave me at parting." The plump eyes of Sporus became plumper still at this sight, and the wine was soon before Chilo.