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Why is he dressed in white?

Doubtless because of the heat; or,—no, stop,—I think it is as the sacrificing priest that he

Will the Emperor himself offer the sacrifice?

Yes, the Emperor Julian does everything himself.

He does not look so powerful as the Emperor Constantius.

I think he does. He is not so tall as the late Emperor; but his arms are longer. And then his glanceoh my friends! You cannot see it just now; his eyes are modestly lowered as he walks. Yes, modest he is, I can tell you. He has no eye for women. I dare swear that since his wife's death he has but seldom; you see, he writes the whole night. That is why his fingers are often as black as a dyer's; just like mine; for I am a dyer. I can tell you I know the Emperor better than most people. I was born here in Antioch; but I have lived fifteen years in Constantinople, until very lately

Is there aught, think you, in the rumour that the Emperor is minded to settle here for good?