Word: calpurnia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...finds "a dirty little anthill of Italian filth." Caesar, her lover, "talks like a very king of kings, but acts like a delicatessen-storekeeper." He has a fit of epilepsy: "Fancy sharing your bed with a man who is in the habit of turning into a corpse." She meets Calpurnia, Caesar's wife. Calpurnia thanks her "for providing me with such an excellent excuse to exercise freely whatever poor talents I possess." The nature of these talents is reflected in Cleopatra's diary: "Received this morning a jar of preserved roses from Calpurnia. Fed it to my little...