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Come, however, what was the examination; and how was it conducted? Holloa,
you Rufio, (that name will do as well as another,) take care you tell the
truth. Did Clodius lay a plot against Milo? “He did.” He
is sure to be crucified for saying so. “Certainly.” He
has hopes of obtaining his liberty. What can be more certain than this mode
of examination? The men are suddenly carried out to be examined; they are
separated from all the rest and put into cells that no one may be able to
speak to them. Then, when they have been kept a hundred days in the power of
the prosecutor, they are produced as witnesses by the prosecutor himself.
What can be imagined more upright than this sort of examination? What can be
more free from all suspicion of corruption?
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