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It is not yet light, but Cornelia gets up an walks through the country house.
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However, the slaves and the slave women do not sleep.
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Now Cornelius and Aurelia get up.
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He blames Davus becuase he sits under a tree and does not work.
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Davus, when he hears Cornelius, immediately gets up and prepares to work.
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Aurelia teaches Cornelia how to take care of the country house.
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The slave women clean the country house, cook the food, and spin wool.
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Cornelia observes mother, and everything mother does she prepares to do.
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She wants to help mother, but she does not scold the slave or the slave woman.
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Cornelia observes a slave woman, named Syra, who cleans the country house, and another named Thressa, who prepares to cook the food.