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"Now, I ask you," continued Hadrian, gravely, and without allowing himself to yield to the lad's beseeching looks, "how could this object have passed into the possession of one of the daughters of the wretched palace-steward Keraunus from whom Hiram confessed that he had bought it?"
"Yes, but who are you?" "Selene is my name, I am the daughter of the palace-steward." "And who is Pollux, whom you were calling to help you when you recovered your senses?" "What does that matter to you?" Antinous colored, and answered in confusion: "I was startled when you suddenly roused up, with his name so loudly on your lips, when I brought you back to life with water and this essence."
You pointed out to me just now the residence of the palace-steward. Might we not find there a morsel of meat or cheese, or something of the kind?" "Hardly," replied Pontius. "For the man stuffs his fat stomach and his eight children with bread and porridge. But an attempt will at any rate be worth making."
"Yes, yes," said the architect, "and yet for the moment " "I am the daughter of Keraunus, the palace-steward at Lochias, but you know of course" "To be sure, to be sure! Arsinoe is your name; I was asking to-day after your father and heard to my great regret " "He is dead." "Poor child! How everything has changed in the old palace since I went away.
Pontius meanwhile sought his chief foreman to ask him whether he had delivered his orders to Keraunus, the palace-steward, to come to him, and to put the cressets and lamps commonly used for the external illuminations, at the service of his workmen.
"Now, I ask you," continued Hadrian, gravely, and without allowing himself to yield to the lad's beseeching looks, "how could this object have passed into the possession of one of the daughters of the wretched palace-steward Keraunus from whom Hiram confessed that he had bought it?"
"Yes, but who are you?" "Selene is my name, I am the daughter of the palace-steward." "And who is Pollux, whom you were calling to help you when you recovered your senses?" "What does that matter to you?" Antinous colored, and answered in confusion: "I was startled when you suddenly roused up, with his name so loudly on your lips, when I brought you back to life with water and this essence."
"That she is the daughter of Keraunus, the palace-steward, and that I have known her from her childhood," answered the youthful artist emphatically. "He is a Roman citizen, and of an old Macedonian house as well." "Perhaps even of royal descent," added Titianus, laughing. "I know the man," answered the dealer hastily. "He is an impecunious insolent old fool."
You pointed out to me just now the residence of the palace-steward. Might we not find there a morsel of meat or cheese, or something of the kind?" "Hardly," replied Pontius. "For the man stuffs his fat stomach and his eight children with bread and porridge. But an attempt will at any rate be worth making."
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