There may be another reason for that thrift,‘ said Diomed, raising his brows. ‘With all his conceit and extravagance he is not so rich, I fancy, as he affects to be, and perhaps loves to save his amphorae better than his wit.‘ - P11
‘Pretty well-though there is never enough of wine for me. It is not the old Greek blood that flows in his veins, for he pretends that wine makes him dull the next morning.‘ - P11
‘Alas,no! dear Clodius; he has not invited me,‘ replied Deomed, a man of portly frame and of middle age. ‘By Pollux, a scurvy trick! for they say his suppers are the best in Pompeii‘. - P11
THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEIIby Edward George Bulwar-LyttonBOOK THE FIRSTChapter ITHE TWO GENTLEMEN OF POMPEII‘HO,Diomed, well met!‘ Do you sup with Glacus to-night?‘ said a young man of small statue, who wore his tunic in those loose and effeminate folds which proved him to be a gentleman and a coxcomb. - P11
■ 저자 소개에드워드 불워 리튼(Edward Bulwer-Lytton)은 1803년 영국에서 태어났습니다. 케임브리지 대학을 졸업한 후 시인이자 극작가로 활동함과 동시에 정계에 진출하여 식민지 담당 대신으로 활약했습니다. 19세기 영국 최고의 인기를 누린 소설가 중 한 명으로 수많은 작품들이 전 세계적으로 알려졌고 많은 언어로 번역되었습니다. - P3