"No, at Lochias. Her father is Keraunus the palace-steward."
"And her name is Arsinoe?" asked Verus with undisguised concern, for he had a pleasant recollection of the beautiful child who had been selected to fill the part of Roxana.
"No, her name is Selene, Arsinoe indeed is her younger sister."
"Then you bring these flowers from Lochias?"
"She went out, and she could not get back home again, she is now lying in the house of a stranger."
"Where?"
"That must be quite indifferent to you—"
"By no means, quite the contrary. I beg you to tell me the whole truth."
"Eternal gods! what can you care about the poor sick creature?"
"Nothing whatever; but I must know whither you are riding."