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And as soon as he found out that Paullus was bound for the house of Cicero, he considered his life, in some sort, staked upon the issue of his attempt on Arvina’s principles. No part could have been played with more skill, or with greater knowledge of his character whom he addressed.
"You may be so, my Sergius, for, of a truth, until Chærea swore as he did touching Medon, I was myself deceived." "You believe, then, that this will be sufficient to secure his condemnation?" "Beyond doubt. He will be interdicted fire and water, if these men stick to their oaths only. It would be well, perhaps, to convict one of Arvina’s slaves of the actual death of Volero.
Such, then, was the state of Arvina’s mind on that morning—grieving with deep remorse for the faults of which he confessed himself guilty; trembling at the idea of rushing into yet more desperate guilt; and at the same time feeling bound to do so, in despite of his better thoughts, by the fatal oath which bound him to the arch traitor.
When by the accidental disarrangement of Arvina’s gown, and the discovery of his own dagger, he perceived that the intended victim of his specious arts was probably cognizant in some degree of his last night’s crime, a third and stronger cause was added, in the instinct of self-preservation.
He entered, as I have said, silently; and although there was nothing of stealthiness in his gait, which being very light and slow was yet both firm and springy, nor any of that cunning in his manner which is so often coupled to a prowling footstep, he yet advanced so noiselessly over the soft floor-cloth, that he stood at Arvina’s elbow, and overlooked the page in which he was reading, before the young man was aware of his vicinity.
The ladies made no more delay, but took their places in the carriage, Paul occupying the front seat, and guiding the sober mules with far more ease, than Hortensia’s aged charioteer experienced in restraining the speed of Arvina’s fiery coursers, and keeping them in their place, behind the heavier carpentum.
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