"What was in the letter?" asked Senecio.
"In the letter was the question: 'What is the color of the bull which I am to sacrifice: white or black?'"
But the interest roused by the narrative was interrupted by Vitelius, who, drunk when he came to the feast, burst forth on a sudden and without cause in senseless laughter.
"What is that keg of tallow laughing at?" asked Nero.