Episode 2.2: To the House of Marcus Maecenas

 

Bellātor "sumus" inquit "saltātrīcēs! hīc sumus ut Marcō saltātione nostrā placeāmus!"

 

Octāviāna ad custōdem spectat. vultus custōdis dīcit, "hīs stultīs iuvenibus nōn crēdō, sed mihi placent, quod rīdēre mihi placet."

 

vōce custōs "vērumne?" inquit "amābō tē, saltētisne prō mē?"

 

Bellātor spectat ad Octāviānam. nescit saltāre. vultus Bellātoris "in perīculō sumus" inquit. 

 

sed Octāviāna celeriter putat.

 

"saltātiō nostra," inquit, "sōlum Marcō est. age, intrātūrī sumus."

 

sed custōdis vultus mūtat

 

"minimē" inquit custōs "nōlīte falsa mihi dīcere! saltātōrēs ā dominō meō mandātī in trīclīniō iam sunt."

 


quid Recentiī agunt?

 

Option A: Octāviāna "ō custōs," inquit, "negōtium habēmus. necesse est nōbīs negōtium agere cum dominō tuō."

Option B: "servī sumus," inquit Bellātor. "vīnum ā Marcō mandātum habēmus."

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