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So we replaced the jar as it had stood, effaced all signs of its having been moved and refilled it with olives, taking them from another jar, which proved to contain olives only, all the way to the bottom. This find led Agathemer to investigate every jar on the place, running a long rod of tough wood down into each as a sounder. In another jar of olives he found a similar hoard of silver denarii.

He left her by way of insult linen to the value of 200 denarii, to show that he had not forgotten or ignored her, but that he set this value on her as an expression of his resentment.

Our store of gems in our amulet-bags was of no use, because, as he said, he was personally known to every gem-expert in Rome. Perusia was the nearest town to northward where he might hope to find prompt secret buyers for gems of dubious ownership; Perusia was far beyond the reach of two footfarers, without wallets and with only seven denarii.

Money also came to him from Cleopatra, so that to each of the infantrymen was given one hundred denarii and to the rest a proportionate allowance. But inasmuch as the amount sent was not enough for them he paid the remainder from his own funds, and though the expense was his own he gave Cleopatra the credit of the favor.

In the next place, if the sum had been a larger one, not even Zeno would have persisted in lending it. It was five hundred denarii; the sort of sum of which one says, "May he spend it in sickness," and it was worth paying so much to avoid breaking his promise. I shall go out to supper, even though the weather be cold, because I have promised to go; but I shall not if snow be falling.

One can well imagine how they shook their bearded heads, declared that such occurrences were outside their own experience, and possibly pointed to the local conjuror who earned a few not over-clean denarii by imitating the phenomena. There were others, however, who could not possibly deny, because they either saw or met with witnesses who had seen.

The Rabbi quickly cast the leaves away; nevertheless he received twelve thousand denarii for his upper garment, because it retained the wondrous fragrance of the leaves of Paradise. Elijah's help was not confined to poor teachers of the law; all who were in need, and were worthy of his assistance, had a claim upon him.

"I should prefer a wise man," said the young knight. "Philosophers are more expensive," the father continued, craftily "twenty thousand denarii, and dear at that. They will teach you little but discontent. I recommend a grammarian." The old emperor turned his cunning eyes upon the face of Vergilius.

If conformably, give me evidence of it, and I will say that you are making progress; but if not conformably, be gone, and not only expound your books, but write such books yourself; and what will you gain by it? Do you not know that the whole book costs only five denarii? Does then the expounder seem to be worth more than five denarii?

"Ready but for the leave-taking;" this with a sigh. "It ill becomes you to be cast down. Shake your heart with laughter it will roll away the stone of regret. Buy a fool, my young friend. For five thousand denarii you may obtain a most excellent fool." He knew the price of all, from the hewer of wood to the crowned king, but only he could afford a slave like that.