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Moreover, I suspect that it was on that account that I was limited by
Labienus to half an hour, in order that I might not be able to say much on this question of
chastity. Therefore, you perceive that this half-hour is too long for me to discuss those
charges which especially require the care of an advocate.
That other part about the death of Saturninus, you wished to be too short and narrow for my
requirements; and it is one which requires and stands in need, not so much of the ingenuity of
an orator, as of the authority of a consul.
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