I was on my Master's business.
PAULA
And I am here on my own business. I'll give you two minutes to get out of this room—and stay out.
[HELIOGABALUS, observing that both sides have forgotten him, gives a sardonic wink and tiptoes upstage toward his bed. He carefully and quietly crawls in, fixes the pillow behind him, and settles down to observe the row. RUFINIUS sneaks toward the door]
LUCIA
Never in the world! This is my room now. It has been sanctified!
PAULA
Sanctified nothing. It's my room—our room. You never were legally married to the Emperor. You are nothing but a—
LUCIA
Oh, what a lie! I was married by my own pastor.