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The other man then fled -- this is all I know about it . '' `` What can it all mean ? '' Flavia said . `` What could Sempronius with two slaves be doing in my house after midnight ? It is a grave outrage , and there will be a terrible scandal in Rome tomorrow -- the son of a praetor and a friend of the house ! '' She then ordered the slaves to raise the body of Sempronius and carry it to a couch , and to send at once for a leech . She also bade them throw water on the slave and bring him to consciousness , and then to bring him before her to be questioned .