HELIOGABALUS
[To PISO] Silence! [To PAULA] Now down with it.
[She drinks it, and at once grows somewhat calmer. Gradually she succumbs, and by the time she goes out she is very sleepy]
PAULA
[Smacking her lips] It tastes like—it tastes like—
POLORUS
Exactly. And now for the other ladies. Who's next?
HELIOGABALUS
[Sharply] Cælestis!