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Be it so; you cannot deny the rest. You have
not even left yourself this resource, to be able to say that you heard nothing of
this,—that no mention of your infamy ever came to your ears; for the
cultivators were complaining with groans and tears. Did you not know it? The whole
province was loud in its indignation. Did no one tell you of it? Complaints were
being made of your injuries, and meetings held on the subject at
Home,—were you ignorant of this? Were you ignorant of all these facts?
What? when Publius Rubrius summoned Quintus Apronius openly at Syracuse in your hearing, at a great assembly
of the people, to be bound over to stand a trial, offering to prove, “that
Apronius had frequently said that you were his partner in the affair of the
tenths.” Did not these words strike you? did they not agitate you? did
they not arouse you to take care of your own liberty and fortunes? You were silent;
you even pacified their quarrel; you took pains to prevent the trial from coming on.
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