Dost hear, noble tribune?
Either thou wilt follow Ursus and learn where Lygia dwells, or thou wilt command thy people to seize him as a murderer, and, having him in thy hand, thou wilt make him confess where he has hidden Lygia.

I have done my best! Another would have told thee that he had drunk ten cantars of the best wine with Ursus before he wormed the secret out of him; another would have told thee that he had lost a thousand sestertia to him in scriptoe duodecim, or that he had bought the intelligence for two thousand; I know that thou wouldst repay me doubly, but in spite of that, once in my life--I mean, as always in my life--I shall be honest, for I think, as the magnanimous Petronius says, that thy bounty exceeds all my hopes and expectations." Vinicius, who was a soldier and accustomed not only to take counsel of himself in all cases, but to act, was overcome by a momentary weakness and said,--"Thou wilt not deceive thyself as to my liberality, but first thou wilt go with me to Ostrianum." "I, to Ostrianum ?" inquired Chilo, who had not the least wish to go there.

"I, noble tribune, promised thee to point out Lygia, but I did not promise to take her away for thee.

Think, lord, what would happen to me if that Lygian bear, when he had torn Glaucus to pieces, should convince himself straightway that he had torn him not altogether justly?
Would he not look on me (of course without reason) as the cause of the accomplished murder?
Remember, lord, that the greater philosopher a man is, the more difficult it is for him to answer the foolish questions of common people; what should I answer him were he to ask me why I calumniated Glaucus?
But if thou suspect that I deceive thee, I say, pay me only when I point out the house in which Lygia lives; show me to-day only a part of thy liberality, so that if thou, lord (which may all the gods ward from thee), succumb to some accident, I shall not be entirely without recompense.

Thy heart could not endure that." Vinicius went to a casket called "area," standing on a marble pedestal, and, taking out a purse, threw it to Chilo.
"There are scrupula," said he; "when Lygia shall be in my house, thou wilt get the same full of aurei." "Thou art Jove!" exclaimed Chilo.
But Vinicius frowned.
"Thou wilt receive food here," said he; "then thou mayest rest.