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The Christians, O son of Serapis, have predicted this long time that fire would destroy the city. But Linus, with the daughter of Jove, is in Ostrianum. Oh, what a misfortune for the city!" Vinicius became weak again. "Hast thou seen them?" he inquired. "I saw them, O lord. May Christ and all the gods be thanked that I am able to pay for thy benefactions with good news.
Afterward, the more he returned to health, the more he remembered the whole series of events which had happened since that night at Ostrianum, and the whole series of thoughts which had come to his head from that time, the more he was astonished at the superhuman power of that religion which changed the souls of men to their foundations.
But Ursus, who was a simple man, and had heard Vinicius say that the Greek had been with him in Ostrianum, and had seen him with Croton enter the house in which Lygia lived, stopped for a moment and said, "Speak no untruth, old man, for to-day thou wert with Vinicius in Ostrianum and under our gate." "Ah!" said Chilo, "then is your house in the Trans-Tiber?
I was in Ostrianum, for I am half a Christian. Pyrrho has taught me to esteem virtue more than philosophy; hence I cleave more and more to virtuous people.
"I heard those teachings in Ostrianum, and I have seen how ye acted with me and with Chilo; when I remember your deeds, they are like a dream, and it seems to me that I ought not to believe my ears or eyes. But answer me this question: Art thou happy?" "I am," answered Lygia. "One who confesses Christ cannot be unhappy."
A shudder of terror seized him at the simple thought that Lygia might be in the midst of that chaos on those terrible streets where people's entrails were trampled on. Hence, though he had asked at least ten times of Chilo touching all which the old man could know, he turned to him once again, "But hast thou seen them in Ostrianum with thy own eyes?"
And in spite of all his talk with Euricius about Christian teaching, in spite of his conversation at the river with Urban, and in spite of all that he had heard in Ostrianum, he could find no answer to that question. NEITHER could Vinicius discover the cause of what had happened; and in the bottom of his soul he was almost as much astonished as Chilo.
It is true that he moderated himself quickly; but if Lygia had any illusions as to this, that what he had heard in Ostrianum might have acted on his unyielding nature, those illusions must vanish.
But to-morrow, in Ostrianum, brethren and sisters will assemble in the night to the last soul, because a great apostle of Christ has come, who will teach them, and the brethren will point out to me Glaucus." "In Ostrianum?" inquired Chilo. "But that is outside the city gates! The brethren and all the sisters, at night? Outside the city gates, in Ostrianum?"
Crispus agreed, and they decided to send Ursus. Vinicius, who in recent days, before his visit to Ostrianum, had sent slaves frequently to Chilo, though without result, indicated his lodgings accurately to the Lygian; then writing a few words on the tablet, he said, turning to Crispus, "I give a tablet, for this man is suspicious and cunning.
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