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As this idea crossed him, he turned to one of his freedmen: 'Go, Callias, said he, 'forthwith to Sosia, and tell him, that on no pretence is he to suffer the blind slave Nydia out of her chamber. But, stay first seek those in attendance upon my ward, and caution them not to inform her that the blind girl is under my roof Go quick! The freedman hastened to obey.
Thus said the discreet Sosia, keeping his face muffled in his cloak, and speaking with a feigned voice, so that he might not hereafter be recognized. 'By the gods a pimp! Unfeeling wretch! do you not see my sorrows? Go! and the curses of Pandarus with you! Sosia lost not a moment in retiring. 'Will you read the letter, Sallust? said the freedman.
'Trust me, replied the unsuspecting Sosia; 'I know what a gentleman's feelings are when a door is shut in his face, as the cookshop's hath been in mine many a day; and I know, also, that a person of respectability, as a demon of course is, cannot but be pleased, on the other hand, with any little mark of courteous hospitality. Meanwhile, pretty one, here is thy morning's meal.
It was customary for men of rank to be accompanied to the shows of the amphitheatre by a procession of their slaves and freedmen; and the long 'family' of Arbaces were already arranged in order, to attend the litter of their lord. Only, to their great chagrin, the slaves in attendance on Ione, and the worthy Sosia, as gaoler to Nydia, were condemned to remain at home.
In vain were foreign crimes pretended against Pulchra; when the only cause of her concerted overthrow was her affection for Agrippina, foolishly carried even to adoration; forgetful as she was of the fate of Sosia, a condemned sufferer for the same fault."
NYDIA, assured by the account of Sosia, on his return home, and satisfied that her letter was in the hands of Sallust, gave herself up once more to hope. Sallust would surely lose no time in seeking the praetor in coming to the house of the Egyptian in releasing her in breaking the prison of Calenus. That very night Glaucus would be free.
While Sosia, thus entrapped, was lamenting his fate, and revolving his schemes to repossess himself of Nydia, the blind girl, with that singular precision and dexterous rapidity of motion, which, we have before observed, was peculiar to her, had passed lightly along the peristyle, threaded the opposite passage that led into the garden, and, with a beating heart, was about to proceed towards the gate, when she suddenly heard the sound of approaching steps, and distinguished the dreaded voice of Arbaces himself.
While Sosia was soliloquising in this high-minded and generous vein, his path lay along a narrow lane that led towards the amphitheatre and its adjacent palaces. Suddenly, as he turned a sharp corner he found himself in the midst of a considerable crowd.
No I trust my hour is not yet come. 'He who plays at dice with death must expect the dog's throw, replied Sosia, maliciously. 'But you are a strong fellow, and I wish you all imaginable luck; and so, vale! With that the slave turned on his heel, and took his way homeward. 'I trust the rogue's words are not ominous, said Lydon, musingly.
'That as it may be, answered Lydon, carelessly, as he pressed through the throng and quitted the den. 'I may as well take advantage of his shoulders, thought the prudent Sosia, hastening to follow him: 'the crowd always give way to a gladiator, so I will keep close behind, and come in for a share of his consequence.
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