They paused, looking at him. Then they walked forward and gazed into his face. They stood back and pretended to whisper excitedly in one another’s ears. Now came the part of the performance where they pretended to compete for Paulus’s attention, lifting their tunics in front and at back, opening their legs, bending over. They soon removed their tunics again. Luxor barged Drusilla aside and stalked up to Paulus and waved her breasts in his face, whereupon Drusilla bent over and presented him with her bottom. “Hooray! Hooray!” Tibullus cried, then, “Away girls!” He pretended to shoo them away – in reality this was in case Paulus might be tempted to touch – and they pretended to go reluctantly. “Great stuff!” Tibullus cried, applauding and turning to Paulus, who also applauded. But Paulus

