At home he never dreamed but all was right.
WHAT numbers round, whom Fortune favours less;
Have got a wife, but not a horse possess;
And, what yet still more wond'rous may appear,
Know ey'ry thing that passes with their dear.
THE EPHESIAN MATRON
[Original]
[NOTE: See Chapters 111 and 112 from The Satyricon by
Petronius Arbiter. DW]