Pertinax.
[Overcome with joy.] Freedman and landed proprietor ... I ... Pertinax! Oh, felicitous omen!
Asterius.
In gratitude I declare myself follower of your faith, Valentinus! Myself and my entire household!
Valentinus.
Again, softly! It may not be achieved so hastily!
Asterius.
What! If any one of my family refuses to believe what I order him to believe I’ll have him flogged till he does so believe! Oh, come what may of it, you’ll find there’s no better Christian in Italy than I! Come, now; to the banquet!
Pertinax.