Ah? And how appears the god; in what image, Tulla?
Tertulla.
Strange! A circumstance beyond my power to explain, but.... [She speaks confidentially so that Pertinax shall not overhear.] Think me not sacrilegious, Valentinus, when I say he resembles Pertinax!
Pertinax.
[Having crept close to listen.] O felicitous omen! Accept it, Asteria Tertia, and that you shall not repent yourself of it will I dedicate my life!
Tertulla.
[Opening eyes.] Would you? [To Valentinus.]
Valentinus.
[Nodding assent.] I would indeed, were I Tertulla!
Tertulla.