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she answered with an affected frown , amid the laugh which followed the retort . `` What do you think of it , my Lentulus ? '' asked Cethegus , who although he had jested with the others , did not by any means appear satisfied in his mind , or convinced of the good faith of the Highlanders . `` That it is two hours now past midnight , '' answered Lentulus yawning , `` and that I am amazing sleepy . I was not in bed till the third watch last night , writing those letters , ill luck to them . That is what I think , Cethegus . And that I am going to bed now , to trouble myself about the matter no more , until the Saturnalia . ''