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But remark the intolerable audacity of the man, and at the same time his
headlong and unbridled covetousness. That fellow never thought of any
monument, or any religion; he wished to dwell splendidly and magnificently,
and to unite two large and noble houses. At the same moment that my
departure deprived him of all pretence for bloodshed, he was begging Quintus
Seius to sell him his house; and when he refused to do so, he threatened
that he would block up all his lights. Postumus declared that as long as he
was alive that house should never belong to Clodius. That acute young man
took the hint from his own mouth, as to what was best for him to do; and in
the most open manner he took the man off by poison. He bought the house,
after wearying out all the other bidders, for almost half as much again as
he thought it really worth. What is my object in making this statement.
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