I have gathered enough to defeat the plotters.

Leave all to me.

If you learn anything new, send word to the house of Lentulus Crus, and ask to see me.

And now I must forsake this pleasant wine untasted, and hurry away.

My mistress will bless you, and perhaps there will be some reward." And leaving the bewildered Pisander to wipe the wine from his dress, Agias had darted out of the tavern, and was lost in the hurly-burly of the cattle-market.
How Agias had forced his way into Cornelia's presence we have related.
The young Greek had stated his unpleasant intelligence as diplomatically and guardedly as possible; but Cornelia had borne this shock--following so soon upon one sufficiently cruel--grievously enough.