| She crossed the room and passed behind the bronze Pompeian Antinous. |
| Antinous was the first to detect it, cried 'Fire,' and warned his master. |
| I have long had them, and I now would fain repay my Antinous for all these treasures. |
| Antinous refers to it and proposes to defer the contest on that account. |
| But Antinous remained, gazing, like his master, at the stars. |
| But history only whets our curiosity, for ancient writers are neglectful or tantalisingly bald in their allusions to Antinous. |
