Oh fascinating,” Her soft voice chirped as she reread the poem by Ovid numerous times, trying to find perhaps, a hidden message that she had some how missed. Why hadn’t her educator taught her about these important poems? Weren’t ones skins suppose to shin brightly? She’d have to ask her servant, or perhaps Drusus about it later if he was going to stop by. She was grateful he did threaten to flog her or smack the backside like she had heard the horror stories of doing. Just the thought sent shivers down her spine. Back to weaving soon, she supposed. Jotting down the ingredients in a slowly steady hand, some of which she knew she could produce such as egg yolk and oatmeal, she heard the sound of her name being called by one of the many of her
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Biting her cheek, she moved past the near highest ranking female attendant to a few of the others who began to spray Herminia with the most pleasant of smells. Herminia hoped it would linger. She knew there would be many handsome men at the gathering tonight, but she wondered if they knew who she was. Herminia was very beautiful, but she often heard older women remarking her as too lovely, too simple. Herminia did not enhance her face with cosmetics, only natural oils and ingredients before bed. She kept herself rather simple and rightfully so, at least in her …show more content…
I much prefer the company of animals. I love the little goats we have, I believe one is ready to give birth soon. I wish to be there to see it. And Hector loves you father, even though he slobbers you, it is how they show affection, I swear by it, I read it somewhere.” Their house dog, Ferox meaning “Savage” the molossus, was far from his name. A gift to his young daughter, he meant for Ferox to replace the brothers she once had and the brothers she never really knew. He was meant to be a war, a prize, and truthfully, he was, but much preferred to be lazy, especially at Herminia’s side. When the time should come, the dog would be ready to bite, but for now, it lived a quite lavish and playful life. A life which mirrored Herminia, but even then, she thought Ferox had more freedoms than
Biting her cheek, she moved past the near highest ranking female attendant to a few of the others who began to spray Herminia with the most pleasant of smells. Herminia hoped it would linger. She knew there would be many handsome men at the gathering tonight, but she wondered if they knew who she was. Herminia was very beautiful, but she often heard older women remarking her as too lovely, too simple. Herminia did not enhance her face with cosmetics, only natural oils and ingredients before bed. She kept herself rather simple and rightfully so, at least in her …show more content…
I much prefer the company of animals. I love the little goats we have, I believe one is ready to give birth soon. I wish to be there to see it. And Hector loves you father, even though he slobbers you, it is how they show affection, I swear by it, I read it somewhere.” Their house dog, Ferox meaning “Savage” the molossus, was far from his name. A gift to his young daughter, he meant for Ferox to replace the brothers she once had and the brothers she never really knew. He was meant to be a war, a prize, and truthfully, he was, but much preferred to be lazy, especially at Herminia’s side. When the time should come, the dog would be ready to bite, but for now, it lived a quite lavish and playful life. A life which mirrored Herminia, but even then, she thought Ferox had more freedoms than