"Well, guard, you need not tie him up this time, but after all I take back nothing that I have said, seeing that in this way or in that they did make you weep.

What business had they to insult you with their kindness?
Men, henceforth you will be so good as to remember that this maiden is the property of Titus Caesar, and after Caesar, of myself, in whose charge he placed her.

If you have any offerings to make to her, and I do not dissuade you from that practice, they must be made through me.

Meanwhile, there is a cask of wine, that good old stuff from the Lebanon which I had bought for the voyage.

If you should wish to drink the health of our--our captive, it is at your service." Then taking Miriam by the hand he led her into the eating-tent, still grumbling at the soldiers, who for their part laughed and sent for the wine.