WHENtheyalightedinfrontofthearbiter'shouse, , andanewcommand, thatunderpenaltyofrodstheyweretowatchcarefullyallwholeftthecity.
"Thouseest," saidPetronius, "thattheyareinRome, beyonddoubt, ,—those, namely, whoweresentforLygia, astheywillrecognizehereasily."
"Ihavegivenorderstosendthemtoruralprisons," saidVinicius, "butIwillrecalltheordersatonce, andletthemgotothegates."
Andwritingafewwordsonawax-coveredtablet, hehandedittoPetronius, , and, sittingonamarblebench, -hairedEuniceandIraspushedbronzefootstoolsundertheirfeet, andpouredwineforthemintogoblets, outofwonderfulnarrow-neckedpitchersfromVolaterraeandCaecina.
"HastthouamongthypeopleanyonewhoknowsthatgiantLygian?" askedPetronius.
"AtacinusandGuloknewhim; butAtacinusfellyesterdayatthelitter, andGuloIkilled."
"Iamsorryforhim," saidPetronius."Hecarriednotonlythee, butme, inhisarms."
"Iintendedtofreehim," answeredVinicius; "-"
"-day, orto-morrow, ; butthemethodwasgoodinitself, , ."
"Ishouldfollowthem," saidVinicius, "andineverycaseshewouldbeoutofdanger; butnow, ifthatchilddies, Poppaeawillbelieve, andwillpersuadeCaesar, thatshediedbecauseofLygia."
"True; thatalarmedme, , weshallfindsomewayofescape."
HerePetroniusmeditatedawhileandadded,—"Poppaea, itissaid, followsthereligionoftheJews, , thenewswillfindbelief, especiallyasneitherCaesarnorAulusPlautiusinterceptedher; ; ?"
"SlaveshelponeanotherinRome."
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