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But, if no violence of sudden wickedness
had carried off that great man, with what vigour would he, as a man of
consular rank, have resisted that frantic cousin of his,—he, who
as consul said in the hearing of the senate, at a time when he
was beginning and endeavouring to give reins to his fury, that he would slay
him with his own hand! And shall that woman, proceeding from this house,
dare to speak of the rapidity of the operation of poison? Is she not afraid
of the very house itself, lest she should make it utter some sound? Does she
not dread the very walls, which are privy to her wickedness? does she not
shudder at the recollection of that fatal and melancholy night?
But I will return to the accusation: but this mention of that most
illustrious and most gallant man has both weakened my voice with weeping,
and overcome my mind with sorrow.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1891.
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