Book, Chapter

 1    1,  10|        not notice the flight of Ascyltos, and while I was pacing
 2    1,  10|      opportunity and went after Ascyltos, on the run; but, as I neither
 3    1,  11|       on the very threshold but Ascyltos himself, as tired as I was,
 4    1,  12|       take my medicine." (While Ascyltos was telling me of his bad
 5    1,  12|        looking, and, looking at Ascyltos, he requested him to enter
 6    1,  12|    clothes girded up, assaulted Ascyltos, and, having thrown him
 7    1,  12|        the troublesome wretch. (Ascyltos ran out of the house and
 8    1,  13|       this, I shook my fists in Ascyltos' face, "What have you to
 9    1,  13|       very breath is infected?" Ascyltos pretended to bristle up
10    1,  14|       recurred to my mind and, "Ascyltos," I said, "I know we shall
11    1,  14|        through the whole town." Ascyltos made no objection to this,
12    1,  14|        affront with difficulty, Ascyltos rushed from the room, without
13    1,  15| ceremonies been completed, when Ascyltos stole stealthily up to the
14    1,  15|         his anger, and at last, Ascyltos smiled as well. "See here,
15    1,  15|       Roman knight. Inasmuch as Ascyltos has formerly served him
16    1,  15|  renewed his old relations with Ascyltos, would not permit him to
17    1,  15|       to post with all speed to Ascyltos, but we did not arrive at
18    1,  15|      day. In a few words I told Ascyltos of the robbery, when he
19    1,  15|       about Lycas, and, turning Ascyltos out, he gave orders that
20    1,  15|       word in our defense, from Ascyltos, but, taking the latter
21    1,  15|        return. On the way back, Ascyltos vainly essayed to break
22    1,  15|      buried in its first sleep, Ascyltos loaded our little packs
23    1,  15|  crashing fall of the lock, and Ascyltos, coming in, told us in a
24    1,  15|         This plan I confided to Ascyltos, who approved of the looting,
25    1,  15|    ourselves safe from pursuit. Ascyltos, when he had caught his
26    1,  15|      drink, in Plenty's clasp.~(Ascyltos was for going to Naples
27    1,  15|       something to appropriate. Ascyltos, unseen by anyone, picked
28    1,  15|       turned the mantle over to Ascyltos for safekeeping; we then
29    1,  15|     such a terrible fright that Ascyltos and Giton dashed away city-ward,
30    1,  15|        entering the inn, beheld Ascyltos, stretched out, half dead,
31    1,  15|      threw myself upon another. Ascyltos became greatly excited at
32    1,  15|     related the whole affair to Ascyltos, in every detail. He thought
33    1,  15|       being made for us; I told Ascyltos of this, but he only laughed
34    1,  16|       the garment very closely. Ascyltos, in turn, cast a glance
35    1,  16|         matter of fact, he was! Ascyltos, afraid to believe the evidence
36    1,  17|   leavings of some beggar. When Ascyltos had assured himself that
37    1,  18|  CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH.~Not so Ascyltos, who was afraid of the law,
38    1,  19|          CHAPTER THE FIFTEENTH.~Ascyltos, when he had secured silence,
39    1,  19|      public, threw the tunic in Ascyltos' face, released us from
40    1,  23|     ague without interruption!" Ascyltos was, for the moment, struck
41    1,  23|        engage Quartilla myself, Ascyltos the maid, and Giton the
42    1,  24|        times colder than death. Ascyltos, well aware by now of the
43    1,  24|         the liquor, and because Ascyltos had but a moment before
44    1,  24|  repartee had drawn to a close, Ascyltos exclaimed, "Don't I deserve
45    1,  25|    little girl would intimidate Ascyltos with a brush dipped in satyrion.
46    1,  26|        out by all his troubles, Ascyltos commenced to nod, and the
47    1,  28|      your sense of fairness: is Ascyltos to be the only one in this
48    1,  28|        conceded Quartilla, "let Ascyltos have his k-night-cap too!"
49    1,  30|     made my intentions known to Ascyltos, who, as he wished to rid
50    1,  30|         kidnappers, one of whom Ascyltos savagely attacked the moment
51    2,  61|  CHAPTER THE FIFTY-SEVENTH.~But Ascyltos threw off all restraint
52    2,  62|      figure of speech, and when Ascyltos' adversary heard it, he
53    2,  63|        CHAPTER THE FIFTY-NINTH.~Ascyltos was just starting in to
54    2,  76| clapping his hands. I looked at Ascyltos. "What do you think about
55    2,  76|        so with his barking that Ascyltos immediately fell into the
56    3,  83|       hands relaxed their hold, Ascyltos, that never-failing well-spring
57    3,  83|    wakefulness, and, glaring at Ascyltos, "Since you have broken
58    3,  84|        ll settle this dispute," Ascyltos spoke up, "let the boy follow
59    3,  84|         for he got up and chose Ascyltos for a "brother," as soon
60    3,  84|   myself. Flushed with success, Ascyltos marched out with his prize,
61    3,  88|         dwelt particularly upon Ascyltos' perfidy.) "Oh how I wish
62    3,  96|     chink in the door to see if Ascyltos had come with him; then,
63    3,  96|  fearing that I had let another Ascyltos into my lodging. Eumolpus
64    3,  98|        which I had felt against Ascyltos would have been quenched
65    3,  98|         I hunted for a sword in Ascyltos' house: I would have thrown
66    3, 101|         as to his whereabouts." Ascyltos, dressed in a tunic of many
67    3, 101|       my own stature. Meanwhile Ascyltos, in company with the magistrate'
68    3, 101|        chink. I threw myself at Ascyltos' feet, begging him, by the
69    3, 101|       added, "I know very well, Ascyltos, that you have come here
70    3, 101|     under pretext of a search!" Ascyltos repelled this suspicion,
71    3, 102|        if you do restore him to Ascyltos!" I had just succeeded in
72    4, 103|         wish to follow my lead. Ascyltos persecutes you here; get
73    4, 103|        me from any annoyance by Ascyltos, and because it gave promise
74    4, 104|      rival more formidable than Ascyltos, and that thought tortured
75    5, 137|     tell me, on your honor: Did Ascyltos stay awake until he had
76    5, 137|     chosen words took oath that Ascyltos had used no force against
77    5, 145|        out by all his troubles, Ascyltos commenced to nod, and the
78    5, 147|         would engage Quartilla, Ascyltos the maid, and Giton the
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