That was the first you ever saw.
HELIOGABALUS
[Sentimentally] I'll never forget it. Ah, those days! Those happy, happy days!
[During all this scene SIMON has occasionally peeped out from behind the hangings, his eyes popping as HELIOGABALUS grows more and more ardent. RUFINIUS has discreetly turned his back and the centurions are far to the right, also with their backs toward the centre. All the while noisy music and whoops have been coming from the banquet hall, with occasional bursts of applause. Now and then a definite voice may be heard—probably old CAIUS'S]
DACIA
You do love me, don't you?
HELIOGABALUS
Don't you know it?
DACIA
I think so. But how much?