The old general gave command to prepare his litter at once; meanwhile, shutting himself up with Pomponia in the pinacotheca adjoining the oecus, he said to her,--"Listen to me, Pomponia. I will go to Cæsar, though I judge that my visit will be useless; and though Seneca's word means nothing with Nero now, I will go also to Seneca.
- Hallgass meg, Pomponia. Elmegyek Caesarhoz, bár tudom, hogy hiába, s noha azt is tudom, hogy már Seneca szava sem számít semmit nála, mégis elmegyek Senecához is.