I stayed a couple of hours and chatted with a number of people; even getting hit on by a couple of them.” “Okay, how was it not a success? Who hit...on you and how did that make you feel? Obviously something unexpected happened.” “One guy, I think he was straight, though I’m not really sure, got pretty aggressive with me. He bought me a drink and after that, it was like he expected a lot more from me. He tried to monopolize my time, until a couple of girls came over and basically told him to get. On the other hand, I had never been to Rome, and this was a good way to see it. I folded my hands in my lap and smiled. "Truly She works in mysterious ways," I said, accepting his offer."Indeed, They all do," he replied.Octavian claimed he found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble. But he did not do it for the beauty of marble. Octavian was the most practical Roman I ever met, the most practical man in a whole race of practical men. In the next few years he worked hard to. " Ireplied."Would he like to appear on stage do you think?" Asked Lola. She waswearing fishnet pantyhose, a black leotard and some kind of white blouseunderneath the leotard with a black bowtie and a shiny black tailcoatlike a compere in a circus."No," I shot back."Oh come on it would be fun!" said Lola"What do you have in mind?" I asked."Watch me," said Lola as she led me out on to the stage."Tonight we want any members of the audience who are related to any ofour performers to come up on. The girl stood before the Centurion and his lady smiling sweetly, winded by the exertion of her performance. Marcus' eyes strayed to the swell of her pert young breasts beneath the plaid tunic... watching them rise and fall with the girl's rapid breathing. "Perfect" he thought... "This child's beauty is exquisite."The applause died away, and as the room fell silent, she stood there, eyes down, her sweet young face bearing an expression of chaste humility, a slight blush coloring her pale.