Ephemeris V. — The Time for giving Invitations

And now the time for inviting my friends draws on. So, that no fault of mine may make them late for lunch, hurry at your best pace, boy, to the neighbours' houses — you know without my telling who they are — and back with you before these words are done. I have invited five to lunch; for six persons, counting the host, make the right number for a meal: if there be more, it is no meal but a melee. Ah, he is off! And I am left to deal with Sosias.