βHO, Diomed, well met! Do you sup with Glaucus to-night?β said a young man of small stature, who wore his tunic in those loose and effeminate folds which proved him to be a gentleman and a coxcomb. βAlas, no! dear Clodius; he has not invited me,β replied Diomed, a man of portly frame and of middle age. βBy Pollux, a scurvy trick! for they say his suppers are the best in Pompeiiβ.
βHO, Diomed, well met! Do you sup with Glaucus to-night?β said a young man of small stature, who wore his tunic in those loose and effeminate folds which proved him to be a gentleman and a coxcomb. βAlas, no! dear Clodius; he has not invited me,β replied Diomed, a man of portly frame and of middle age. βBy Pollux, a scurvy trick! for they say his suppers are the best in Pompeiiβ.