Vols. You will be welcome with this intelligence,
Nicanor.
Rom. The day serves well for them now. I have heard
it said, the fittest time to corrupt a man's wife is when she's
fallen out with her husband. Your noble Tullus Aufidius 30
will appear well in these wars, his great opposer, Coriolanus,[3478]
being now in no request of his country.
Vols. He cannot choose. I am most fortunate, thus
accidentally to encounter you: you have ended my business,
and I will merrily accompany you home. 35
Rom. I shall, between this and supper, tell you most
strange things from Rome; all tending to the good of their
adversaries. Have you an army ready, say you?
Vols. A most royal one; the centurions and their
charges, distinctly billeted, already in the entertainment, 40
and to be on foot at an hour's warning.
Rom. I am joyful to hear of their readiness, and am
the man, I think, that shall set them in present action. So,
sir, heartily well met, and most glad of your company.
Vols. You take my part from me, sir; I have the most[3479] 45
cause to be glad of yours.
Rom. Well, let us go together. [Exeunt.
Scene IV. Antium. Before Aufidius's house.[3480]
Enter Coriolanus in mean apparel, disguised and muffled.