Padway grinned wanly. "Mostly I don't. But if I can ever get out of all this political and military activity I hope to catch up. I don't really like it, but it's a necessary means to an end. The end is things like the telegraph and the presses. My politicking and soldiering may not make any difference a hundred years from now, but the other things will, I hope."
Padway started to go, then said: "Is Julia from Apulia still working for Ebenezer the Jew?"
"The last I heard she was. Why? Do you want her back?"
"God forbid. She's got to disappear from Rome."
"Why?"
"For her own safety. I can't tell you about it yet."
"But I thought you disliked her—"
"That doesn't mean I want her murdered. And my own hide may be in danger, too, unless we get her out of town."
"Oh, God, why didst Thou let me get involved with a politician? I don't know, Martinus; she's a free citizen . . ."
"How about your cousin in Naples, Antiochus? I'd make it worth his while to hire her at higher wages."