."***Deux mois pass?rent depuis cet 'incident'. Et pour C?dric, il ne sepassait pas un seul instant sans qu'il ne se rappelle l'humiliation quelui ava...t donn?e sa femme. Il en rageait continuellement. Tout ce qu'ilvoulait ?tait de la larguer et d'aller voir ailleurs, mais en m?metemps, il se rappelait ses paroles, lui disant qu'elle se vengerait, etpire encore, s'il la tromperait de nouveau. ?tre oblig? de rester avecelle, alors qu'il voulait la quitter, ?tait le pire sentiment defrustration. We were all but submerged in Falernian wine. When several other courses had followed, and we were endeavoring to keep awake Quartilla exclaimed, “How dare you think of going to sleep when you know that the vigil of Priapus is to be kept?”CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SECOND.Worn out by all his troubles, Ascyltos commenced to nod, and the maid, whom he had slighted, and of course insulted, smeared lampblack all over his face, and painted his lips and shoulders with vermillion, while he drowsed. Completely. I’m just imagining if you were in front of me instead. Back like when you worked here and I would flirt with you, apparently too subtly. Thinking now about the ways I wish I had been more forward, ways I wish I had dressed to make it more obvious, ways I wish I had made it more clear to you how badly I wanted to throw myself at you. I knew you were married, just like me, but I could tell that you needed something else. I could tell just like me that you weren’t getting enough attention at. We’re doing the flight testing ourselves, initially.”“Who’s piloting?”“Terry insisted. I’ll be in the right-hand seat.”“Have you talked to Lila or Chrissy about this?” The concern was obvious in his voice.“Lila knows, and doesn’t like it. I’ll let Chrissy know after we’re done with the initial testing profile.”“Which will be when?”I smiled. “Before I take us all out for Valentines Day.”“Capacitors at full ignition charge, engines one and two at standby,” I said.We had spent a week on ground.