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XXXI (A II, 5)
TO ATTICUS (AT ROME)
I wish very much, and have long wished, to visit
"I fear to face the men of Troy
And Trojan matrons with their trailing robes."
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For what would my friends the Optimates say—if there are such persons left? That I bad accepted a bribe to change my views?
Polydamas the first would lay the charge.
I mean my friend Cato, who is as good as a hundred thousand in my eyes. What, too, will history say of me six hundred years hence? I am much more afraid of that than of the petty gossip of the men of today. But, I think, I had better lie low and wait. For if it is really offered to me, I shall be to a certain extent in a position of advantage, and then will be the time to weigh the matter. There is, upon my word, a certain Credit even in refusing. Wherefore, if Theophanes
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by chance has consulted you on the matter, do not absolutely decline. What I am expecting to hear from you is, what Arrius says, and how he endures being left in the lurch,
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and who are intended to be consuls—is it Pompey and Crassus, or, as I am told in a letter, Servius Sulpicius with Gabinius ?-and whether there are any new laws or anything new at all; and, since Nepos
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is leaving
time and tell me everything as you promise; and pray write me word what day you think of leaving Rome, in order that I may tell you where I am likely to be and send me a letter at once on the subjects of which I have written to you. I look forward much to hearing from you.
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