Preacher And the Mountain Caesar (2016)
“Preacher lamented as their escort conducted them to the small square off the forum, where a raised platform filled the center.
A crowd of men pressed close to the edges, faces turned up, eyes fixed on the shapely young woman standing there beside a burly fellow with a coiled whip over one shoulder. He held a long reed pointer in one hand, and gestured grandly as he called off what he clearly saw as selling points.
“She’s broad-hipped and will deliver with ease. Notice those smooth, straight sho...ulders, gentlemen. She can carry heavy burdens. All in all, a treasure for a bargain price. Now what am I bid?”
“Six,” a voice called from the throng.
“What? Only six sestercii? ”
“No. Six denarii,” came the answer, followed by laughter.
“Surely you jest? Why, I would gladly pay ten talents for her myself.”
“Then you buy her,” the heckler taunted.
A more serious buyer bid himself in. “I bid four talents.”
Brightening, the auctioneer located his bidder. “Now, that’s more like it.MoreLess
A crowd of men pressed close to the edges, faces turned up, eyes fixed on the shapely young woman standing there beside a burly fellow with a coiled whip over one shoulder. He held a long reed pointer in one hand, and gestured grandly as he called off what he clearly saw as selling points.
“She’s broad-hipped and will deliver with ease. Notice those smooth, straight sho...ulders, gentlemen. She can carry heavy burdens. All in all, a treasure for a bargain price. Now what am I bid?”
“Six,” a voice called from the throng.
“What? Only six sestercii? ”
“No. Six denarii,” came the answer, followed by laughter.
“Surely you jest? Why, I would gladly pay ten talents for her myself.”
“Then you buy her,” the heckler taunted.
A more serious buyer bid himself in. “I bid four talents.”
Brightening, the auctioneer located his bidder. “Now, that’s more like it.MoreLess
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