midnight
Manlius remained with Carinus to amuse him ; he taught the dancing girls the dazzling arts of the Indian bayaderes , and conquered Ævius by producing on every occasion , and at every toast , distiches more apt and beautiful than the court poet could fabricate . During a single evening Carinus gave the now universally envied favourite a hundred thousand sestertiæ , and , when he learned from him that the Teutonic women , by means of a special kind of soap , dyed their hair amber-yellow , he promised Manlius to appoint him Governor of Gallia that he might send him some of this soap which turned the hair yellow -- at that period a hue ridiculously fashionable in the aristocratic society of Rome . The banquet lasted a long time . True , it was only afternoon out of doors , but any one who did not know that the feast had begun in the morning would have supposed it was already midnight . Carinus poured the wine that remained in the drinking horn upon the floor , in token that he drank some one 's health , and then handed it to Manlius . `` To the health of the beautiful Glyceria ! '' `` And to yours , Carinus , '' replied Manlius , giving his own in exchange .