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He
is annoyed and waiting to see what Vettius will say. He will say nothing because of
this present occasion; nothing of his free will, nothing of which we can think that
he might have spoken either way. He sent letters into Sicily to Carpinatius, when he was superintendent of the tax derived
from the pasture lands, and manager of that company of farmers, which letters I
found at Syracuse, in Carpinatius's
house, among the portfolios of letters which had been brought to him; and at
Rome in the house of Lucius Tullius, an
intimate friend of yours, and another manager of the company, in portfolios of
letters which had been received by him. And from these letters observe, I pray you,
the impudence of this man's usury. [The letters of Lucius Vettius to Publius
Servilius, and to Caius Antistius, managers of the company, are read.]
Vettius says that he will be with you, and will take notice how you make up your
accounts for the treasury; so that, if you do not restore to the people this money
which has been put out at interest, you shall restore it to the company.
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