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I have thought of marrying you to him; if Segontius and I had not quarreled, we might have arranged it. There is no possibility of it now. And just now, for some reason or other, Pulfennius is keen on arranging a marriage between you and Calvaster. His offers are too tempting to be rejected and the chance is to good to be missed.
In the second place, because, if all the men on earth were courting me at once, all rich and all fascinating and Caius were poor and anything and everything else that he isn't, I'd marry nobody ever except Caius. You hear me, Father. Caius Segontius Almo is the only, only man I'll ever marry. Nothing can shake my resolution, never."
I feared he might get into mischief." "He has," Brinnarius replied, sententiously, "as you may see." Brinnaria, entirely at her ease, hugged Almo rapturously and kissed him repeatedly. "And I thought," Segontius pursued, "that you would probably smash every bone in his body if you caught him." "I don't know why I haven't," spoke the big man reflectively.
"Indeed, Lucius," spoke the big man, holding out his huge hand. "I am of the same mind. But both of them deserve some punishment for their presumption. They should wait four years at least before they marry. My girl is too young." "I agree," said Segontius, "and I'll send my boy to Falerii for the present. That will keep them apart and ensure propriety of behavior."
I'll break every bone in your body, for certain, if you address another word to me." "Come, son, said Pulfennius, and shambled away. "And now," spoke Segontius, "don't you think, Marcus, that you and I had best forget our quarrels and be friends again? These young folks were plainly meant for each other by all the gods who favor lovers. Let us not stand in the way."
"I should have sworn," she said, "that there was not in all the world another man like Segontius Almo. But that Thracian is a duplicate of him, as like him as if he were his twin brother." "More like him than a twin brother," Brinnaria replied, her voice muffled and choked. "I've been watching him ever since he came in. I recognized him in the procession this morning. That is Almo."
When Daddy quarrelled with Segontius and told me he would not let me marry Caius I used to feel as if I were going to suffocate, used to feel that way sometimes for hours at a time, used to suffer horribly, used to wake up in the dark and feel as if, if I could not get to Almo right then, at once, I should die, as if I should be choked to death by the thumping of my heart.
I used to feel that way at dinner, when out visiting any time of day, for hours. I never feel that way now. And after Daddy and Segontius made up their quarrel and it was arranged that I was to marry Almo, I used to feel as if it would kill me to wait four years, I used to grit my teeth to think of it, of waiting four years for him; used to think of it an day long, no matter what I was doing.
"I beg your pardon!" spoke a voice behind them. The four looked around. "What brings you here, Segontius?" Brinnarius asked. "One of my slaves brought me word," the intruder explained, "that my son had entered this house. I knew you had not changed your mind since you forbade him to cross your threshold, so I came here at once to disclaim any share in his intrusion and to take him home.
Be explicit, be definite, and I can put you at peace with yourself at once and permanently." Brinnaria drew a deep breath. "To begin with," she said, "you know that, before I was taken for a Vestal, I was plighted to Caius Segontius Almo." "Certainly, I knew that," Aurelius replied. "All Rome knew of his ride from Falerii and of his arriving just too late." "You knew I was in love with him?"
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