Lines 22-31

Question 1

iamque tenebat nos medium caeli spatium, cum ponit uterque in locuplete domo vestigia, rubro ubi cocco tincta super lectos canderet vestis eburnos,

Answer 1

…and now it was midnight as each set his paws in a wealthy house where coverlets dyed with bright scarlet gleamed upon couches made of ivory,

Question 2

multa que de magna superessent fercula cena, quae procul extructis inerant hesterna canistris.

Answer 2

and there were many dishes of food left over from a great dinner from the day before, which were heaped in baskets close by.

Question 3

ergo ubi purpurea porrectum in veste locavit agrestem

Answer 3

Therefore, after settling the country mouse stretched out on a purple coverlet,

Question 4

veluti succinctus cursitat hospes continuatque dapes nec non verniliter ipsis fungitur officiis, praelambens omne quod affert.

Answer 4

his host ran about like a slave with clothes tucked up and kept supplying the courses and performed every single duty just like a slave, tasting everything first which he offered.