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I, as you know full well, do not care for gossip in the bath nor for reclining long over a banquet. In the pauses of my work I am alone, with myself and with you, my very worthy Leukippe. So the hours of rest are not for me the fairest scenes, but empty waits between the acts of the drama of life; and no reasonable man can find fault with me for trying to abridge them by useful occupation."
While you have been away I have had much to hear and to say; it would have exhausted the strength of the strongest. I only wonder you don't find me more worn out, for what can be more excruciating for a woman, that to be obliged to enter the lists for manly decisiveness against a man who is defending a perfectly antagonistic view? Give me water, Leukippe."
All four were in the best spirits, and immediately after the preliminary greetings, were eager to report what they had seen at Lochias; but Sabina waved silence with her hand, and breathed out: "No, no; not at present. I feel quite exhausted. This long waiting, and then my smelling-bottle, Verus. Leukippe, bring me a cup of water with some fruit-syrup but not so sweet as usual."
A girl who has grown up surrounded by good habits, in the house of a sensible father and a virtuous mother " "And where in this city am I to find such a miracle? Nay, nay, Leukippe, for the present all shall be left to my old woman. We both do our duty, we are satisfied with each other and " "And time is flying," said the housekeeper, interrupting her master in his speech.
A girl who has grown up surrounded by good habits, in the house of a sensible father and a virtuous mother " "And where in this city am I to find such a miracle? Nay, nay, Leukippe, for the present all shall be left to my old woman. We both do our duty, we are satisfied with each other and " "And time is flying," said the housekeeper, interrupting her master in his speech.
I, as you know full well, do not care for gossip in the bath nor for reclining long over a banquet. In the pauses of my work I am alone, with myself and with you, my very worthy Leukippe. So the hours of rest are not for me the fairest scenes, but empty waits between the acts of the drama of life; and no reasonable man can find fault with me for trying to abridge them by useful occupation."
"And what is the upshot of this sensible talk? Simply this: you must get married." Pontius sighed, but Leukippe added eagerly: "You have not far to look! The most respectable fathers and mothers are running after you and would bring their prettiest daughters into your door."
"And what is the upshot of this sensible talk? Simply this: you must get married." Pontius sighed, but Leukippe added eagerly: "You have not far to look! The most respectable fathers and mothers are running after you and would bring their prettiest daughters into your door."
All four were in the best spirits, and immediately after the preliminary greetings, were eager to report what they had seen at Lochias; but Sabina waved silence with her hand, and breathed out: "No, no; not at present. I feel quite exhausted. This long waiting, and then my smelling-bottle, Verus. Leukippe, bring me a cup of water with some fruit-syrup but not so sweet as usual."
While you have been away I have had much to hear and to say; it would have exhausted the strength of the strongest. I only wonder you don't find me more worn out, for what can be more excruciating for a woman, that to be obliged to enter the lists for manly decisiveness against a man who is defending a perfectly antagonistic view? Give me water, Leukippe."
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