CHAPTER XLIV
A SUPPER AT VESPASIAN’S
‘You’ll have no scandal while you dine,
But honest talk and wholesome wine.’
Tennyson.
‘Arma quidem ultra
Littora Juvernæ promovimus, et modo captas
Orcadas et minima contentos nocte Britannos.
Sed quæ nunc populi fiunt victoris in urbe
Non faciunt illi quos vicimus.’
Juv. Sat. ii. 159-163.