Samippus A good idea. I am your man; I undertake to wish when my turn comes, We need not ask Adimantus whether he agrees; he has one foot on board already. We must have Lycinus’s sanction, however.

Lycinus Why, let us to our wealth, if so it must be. Where all is prosperity, I would not be thought to cast an evil eye.

Adimantus Who begins?

Lycinus You; and then Samippus, and then Timolaus. I shall only want the last hundred yards or so before the Gate for mine, and a quick hundred, too.

Adimantus Well, I stick to my ship still; only I shall wish some more things, as it is allowed. May the God of Luck say Yes to all! I will have the ship, and everything in her; the cargo, the merchants, the women, the sailors, and anything else that is particularly nice to have.

Samippus You forget one thing you have on board —

Adimantus Oh, the boy with the hair; yes, him too. And instead of the present cargo of wheat, I will have the same bulk of coined gold, all sovereigns.