Market day

The next day Flaccus and Scintilla rose early; for it is market day. Flaccus carries a large sack of wool; Scintilla puts olives and figs in baskets. Horatia sits in the garden. Soon Scintilla calls Horatia; “What are you doing, Horatia?” she says. “ Are you ready? We are proceeding to the market.” Horatia responds: “I am ready. I am coming now.” Flaccus carries the sacks, Scintilla the olives, Horatia the figs; they hurry to the market.
When they arrive at the market, many men and women now are present; there are stalls through the whole market. Farmers shout and praise their wares. Some are selling grapes, some wool, others figs. Flaccus leads Scintilla and daughter to an empty space. They put up stalls and put out their wares.
Soon a friend comes near the stall and greet Flaccus. He looks at the wool. Flaccus says, “the wool is good, and not expensive. I am selling the whole sack for three denariis”. The friend says, “you ask too much, Flaccus. I give two denariis.” Flaccus agrees and hands over the sack.
Meanwhile, a woman approaches Scintilla and asks, “How much are the olives?”
She responds: “The olives I am selling for one denarii.” The woman buys the olives. Another woman approaches and for a long time looks at the figs; Horatia asks, “Why [do] you look at the figs like that?” “I look at the figs,” she says, “because they are bad.” Horatia is angry and responds: “ What did you say? We do not sell bad figs. They are good figs.” But the woman does not buy the figs.
Soon they sell all their wares. Scintilla is happy. “We have sold all of our wares,” she says; “Now I proceed to the fish stall.”