A. Why, if he throw
So as to reach it barely, it will fall
Upon the manes,[114]
and there'll be great noise.
B. Does manes, then, watch o'er the cottabus,
As if he were a slave?
And in a subsequent passage he says—
B. Just take the cup and show me how 'tis done.
A. Now bend your fingers like a flute-player,
Pour in a little wine, and not too much,