And none the less—perhaps all the more—you held aloof——?
Libanius.
Headache and weighty business——
Julian.
Ah, Libanius, in bygone days you were not so chary of your presence.
Libanius.
I come where I am bidden. Ought I to be intrusive? Would you have me stand in the way of the Emperor’s much-honoured Maximus?
Julian.
Maximus never appears at court.
Libanius.