Chapter Four
Diana of France, Sion’s wife, was certainly interested in Tibullus’s project. She was a small woman with lively eyes who must have been an attractive girl herself once, though she now showed signs of age. “Your two girls!” she said. “I’ve noticed them all right, we all have! Yes, I should be able to do something with them. I take it you want something spicy for your friend?”
“Well, you know,” Tibullus said, with a touch of his old embarrassment. “Whatever would be usual in the circumstances.”
“It will be nice to practice my dancing skills again after all these years. Those two will be exactly right for the kind of thing you want. A right pair of brazen hussies.”
Tibullus was completely taken aback. “What, Drusilla and Luxor?” he said amazed. “They’re very quiet girls!”
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