I have seen nothing so calm, nothing so gentle as my brother was that day towards your sister. If there was offense caused from checking expenditure, it was not apparent.
The next day we set out from Arpinum and we lunched at Arcanum. Very politely Quintus said 'Pomponia, you invite the women (to lunch), I will summon the men. Nothing could have been sweeter, not only his words but also his attitude and expression. But she, with us hearing, said 'I, myself, am a guest here' she (thought) from this reason, as I think, because Statius had gone on ahead to see to lunch for us. Then Quintus said 'See, I suffer these things everyday'. This greatly upset me: she had responded with such unreasonableness and harshly with her words and expression. Thus, we all reclined to eat, except her. Quintus sent her something from the table, which she, however, sent back. What more (can I say)? There seemed to me nothing milder than my brother, nothing harsher than your sister and I am omitting many similar (events).