He had restrained his aversion for a long time, it is true; but once when he brought her two quails, which he had bought in the market with his own earned money, the descendant of the Quirites spoke out in Vinicius, for whom one who had wandered in from a strange people had less worth than the meanest worm.
Sokáig türtőztette magát, hogy ellenszenvét ki ne mutassa, mikor azonban egyszer a fiú két fürjet hozott Lygiának, amelyeket saját keresményéért vásárolt a piacon, Viniciusban felébredt a quirisek ivadéka, akinek szemében egy ilyen idegen nemzetbéli jöttment annyit sem jelentett, mint a leghitványabb féreg.