The Tour
l it at a marble statue, which fell down in dust and fragments. He showed Thrasyllus the door; and Uncle Catullus kept out of the way. Lucius had ended by ban
red in their company. Thrasyllus consoled himself by visiting the libraries of the Museum and the Serapeum. Lucius refused to hear any music.
his whole life and everybody. In his impotent pain he groaned, sobbed and raved. Master Ghi
e Catullus had taken alone with Thrasyllus. And in the burning sunny
There, listening for his master's gong, sat Tarrar, huddled, like a little monkey, in a gaudy coat. He wor
!" crie
e slave s
d!" he
oached with comical
s, "why are you weep
st not weep in your august presence. I humbly beg your pardon, my lor
ck you? Because you are in pain? Because
ke me. And also not because I am in pain: there is only a little burning pain now, for Caleb bandaged my head this morning with cool ointment. The
weeping, Tarrar, and
lord," Tarrar be
o longer, comical, respectful little
hand on the bo
you weepi
in behind! Because, whatever pains I took to pipe the magic tune on the flute-in the garden behind the house, so as not to make a noise or disturb you-the snakes woul
his master the snake and the ebony casket, from which a
mself miserable, like Tarrar, because he too
ith me,
e slave by the hand a
rar standing in front
r hurting you so badly
ar shook
y lord," he said, earnestly, with g
onger be a little slave. But you shall go to school, to the freedmen's college. And learn all sorts of things. An
a little
re not driving me away, my lord, because I was so unhappy? I would rather stay with you, my lord, I would rather remain you
. But you will be allowed
freedom to me? I am your little slave. I shou
e, Tarrar, something that
h his white teeth
ell you,
es
ated. Then h
tle dancing sn
laughed
snakes! But I fear that those also will refuse to da
nt, I expect, out of the skin which it left behind it. I also fear that the new snakes would refuse t
o shave me ... and tell the
" said Tarrar,