Antony—"What! He banishes diseases?"
Apollonius—"At Cnidus, I cured the lover of Venus."
Damis—"Yes, a madman, who had even promised to marry her. To love a woman is bad enough; but a statue—what idiocy! The Master placed his hand on this man's heart, and immediately the love was extinguished."
Antony—"What! He drives out demons?"
Apollonius—"At Tarentum, they brought to the stake a young girl who was dead."
Damis—"The Master touched her lips; and she arose, calling on her mother."
Antony—"Can it be? He brings the dead back to life?"
Apollonius—"I foretold that Vespasian would be Emperor."
Antony—"What! He divines the future?"
Damis—"There was at Corinth——"