Episode 1.3: At the House of Caecilius

soleīs depositīs, Bellātor ambulat ad lectum. super lectō reclīnat. ad Tiberium amīcē spectat.

 

Caecilius Recentiōs rīdet. pater Tiberiī putat, "Recentiī bonōs morēs sciunt. volō esse amīcus Recentiōrum."

 

servus trīclīnium intrat et ambulat ad lectum Caeciliī. in aure Caeciliī mussat.

 

Caeciliī vultus dīcit, "nōn fēlix sum. servus aliquid malum mihi dīcit."

 

"nonne lapidem movet?" inquit.

 

Octāviāna ad Bellātōrem spectat, et Bellātor quoque ad sorōrem spectat.

 

servus in aure Caeciliī iterum mussat.

 

Caecilius "dic servō stultō in agrīs," inquit, "necesse est lapidem movēre! mitte servōs multōs in agrōs, necesse est!"

 

servus caput inclīnat. "ita vērō, domine," inquit. ē trīclīniō ambulat.

 

Octāviāna spectat ad Tiberium. "ō Tiberī," inquit, "quī lapis est in agrīs?"

 

Caecilius audit verba Octāviānae. "servus stultus quī in agrīs meīs labōrat saxum magnum dēbet movēre, sed pessimus est."

 

tandem servī trīclīnium intrant, multās patellās portāntēs.

 

"ah!" inquit Caecilius. "ecce gustātio!"

 

Octāviāna spectat patellās. illa ēsuriens est et cibum vult. una patella ōva habet. alia patella olīvās habet. servus quoque urnam habet.

 


 quid Octāviāna agit?

 

Option A: Octāviāna ōvum capit.

 

Option B: Octāviāna olīvam capit.

 

Option C: Octāviāna rogat ut servus fundat pōtiōnem in poculum

 

Option D: "grātiās agō," inquit Octāviāna, "sed volō cibum vērum."

 

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