426.
But if she has made an assignation, and wishes to be drest
with more nicety than usual—Poor Psecus (her female slave),
with her hair torn about her ears, and stripped to the waist,
adjusts the locks of her mistress. _Why is this curl so high?_
Presently the whip punishes the disorder of the least hair.
428.
——every moment grows,
And gains new strength and vigour as it goes.