“Are you coming with us?” asked Lucilia.
“For ten minutes; then I must turn back again. Clodianus expects me at the Baths.”
“And where do you dine to-day?” asked Claudia.
“With Cinna.”
“It is a long time since you dined with us.”
“I will to-morrow, if it is convenient. I will see whether he will allow me to bring Cornelia with me....”
“Hardly,” said Lucilia. “Since the day before yesterday he has been in a desperately bad humor. This morning early I had a note from Cornelia, begging me to go and rescue her from the depths of melancholy.”
“What does Cornelia wish for?” said Quintus. “In my presence she is always cheerfulness itself.”
“That is the magic of love,” replied Lucilia. “Its charms conquer all griefs.”
“You seem highly experienced!”