He will be here shortly....
Verus
Who? Appius?... Is he at Jerusalem?
Silanus
Did you not know?... But how long have you yourself been in this country?... In your letter of two days since, you did not tell me....
Verus
Nearly a week; and I wished to give my first leisure to you. I left Antioch to go to Jerusalem with the Procurator Pontius Pilate. He fears disturbances and will probably need the help of my old legionaries....
Silanus
The spacious, ample Appius, whose words are as rambling as his habits and bring together the most distant friends, spoke to me of you, even as he spoke to you of me. He told me that, when he had the good fortune to meet you at Antioch, you seemed a prey to some great unhappy love....
Verus