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Appoint me, says he, to watch Tullius. What? How many
watchers shall I have need of, if I once allow you to meddle with my bag? as you will
have to be watched not only to prevent your betraying anything, but to prevent your
removing anything. But for the whole matter of that watchman I will answer you thus in
the briefest manner possible; that these honest judges will never permit any assistant
to force himself against my consent into so important a cause, when it has been
undertaken by me, and is entrusted to me.
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