Well, maybe once.
PAULA
[Maudlin] And when I think of those other poor girls.
HELIOGABALUS
[To LUCIA] Unluckily, my sweet Venus, the Empress is not herself. I have noticed it for some time. About twenty years. [To PAULA] Wouldn't it be better, darling, if you went to bed? Perhaps a good night's rest would help you. Or shall I send for Piso?
PAULA
Piso? Never! That dirty old fraud—
HELIOGABALUS
And yet you sent for him to monkey with my stomach—my poor, sick stomach! Don't say you didn't. I know all about it. By this time, my dear, you should have more respect for my spy system.
PAULA