But, my dear! What has the spirit to do with the belly-ache? How can the spirit help a man when he is doubled up? What could it do for me?
LUCIA
Even you, Cæsar. Even you are not beyond the grace of the Lord.
HELIOGABALUS
[Growing more interested] Do you mean to say that I can be cured by this new magic, this so-called Christianity?
LUCIA
By Christianity, Cæsar, and by the spirit within. Even you may be healed.
HELIOGABALUS
Do you mean without swallowing any more pills?