"Come, take up the cross, and follow me."--ST. MARK X. 21.
Taurus Antinor had some difficulty in finding the clothes that he wanted, which would serve as a disguise for the Csar and himself, and he had to explore the huge deserted palace from end to end before he came on the block of the slaves' quarters; here in one of the cubicles he ultimately discovered a few bundles of garments, which had apparently been hastily collected and then forgotten by one of the runaway scribes.
These he found on inspection would suit his purpose admirably. Writing tools and desk he had already collected; there were plenty of these littering the building in every corner.
Armed with all these necessaries, he made his way back to the lararium without again crossing the peristylium where the soldiers were ass
