profecti sunt legati non celeri pede; dum naribus scrutantur escam in stercore, citati non respondent, vix tandem invenit eos Mercurius et turbatos adtrahit.
The ambassadors set out, but with no hasty steps; they were so busy sniffing about for food in dung heaps that they did not answer even when their names were called. At last with some difficulty Mercury found them and dragged them in, much embarrassed.
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