Book 2
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Then after him the mother, in the second place;
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And then some old aunt gossips and chatters;
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And then some harsh-voiced old man,
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The father of the aunt aforesaid; then too
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Another old woman calls him her darling:
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And he nods assent to all that is said.
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And a little afterwards he says— Before the shade they wear a purple cloth, And then this comes after the purple; Being itself neither white nor purple, But a ray of the brilliancy of the woof as it were Of divers colours curiously blended. Antiphanes says: What do you say? Will you not bring something hither to the door which we may eat? and then I will sit on the ground and eat it as the beggars do: and any one may see me.
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The same man says in another place—
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Prepare then
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A fanner to cool me, a dish, a tripod, a cup,
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An ewer, a mortar, a pot, and a spoon.
About the Ascent of the Nile.
