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Hermotimus Do you suppose his interest in such things is selfish? no, but he has little ones; his care is to save them from indigence.
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Lycinus Whereas he ought to have brought them up to Virtue too, and let them share his inexpensive Happiness.
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Hermotimus Well, I have no time to argue it, Lycinus; I must not be late for lecture, lest in the end I find myself left behind.
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Lycinus Don’t be afraid, my duteous one; to-day is a holiday; I can save you the rest of your walk.
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Hermotimus What do you mean?
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Lycinus You will not find him just now, if the notice is to be trusted; there was a tablet over the door announcing in large print, No meeting this day. I hear he dined yesterday with the great Eucrates, who was keeping his daughter’s birthday. He talked a good deal of philosophy over the wine, and lost his temper a little with Euthydemus the Peripatetic; they were debating the old Peripatetic objections to the Porch. His long vocal exertions (for it was midnight before they broke up) gave him a bad headache, with violent perspiration. I fancy he had also drunk a little too much, toasts being the order of the day, and eaten more than an old man should. When he got home, he was very ill, they said, just managed to check and lock up carefully the slices of meat which he had conveyed to his servant at table, and then, giving orders that he was not at home, went to sleep, and has not waked since. I overheard Midas his man telling this to some of his pupils; there were a number of them coming away.
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Hermotimus Which had the victory, though, he or Euthydemus—if Midas said anything about that?
