igitur mane cotidiano partibus super hospite prima et grata contentio, quaenam potissimum anterius edulibus nostris culina fumaret; nec sane poterat ex aequo divisioni lancem ponere vicissitudo, licet uni domui mecum, alteri cum meis vinculum foret propinquitatis, quia Ferreolo praefectorio viro praeter necessitudinem sibi debitam dabat aetas et dignitas primi invitatoris praerogativam.
Each morning saw the start of a really charming contest between the two parties about their guest, to decide which of the two kitchens should be the earlier to steam with my meal; and it was really impossible to keep the balance even by alternation, although one house had the tie of kinship with myself, the other with my family; because Ferreolus is of prefectorian rank, and his age and standing, added to the just claims of his relationship, gave him a prior right to invite me.
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