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While these
things were happening, inquiry was made where Cleomenes was: not that any one
thought him, such as he was, worthy of any punishment for that disaster; for what
could Cleomenes have done, (for it is not in my nature to accuse any one
falsely,)—what, I say, could Cleomenes have done of any consequence, when
his ships had been dismantled by the avarice of Verres? And they see him sitting by
the side of the praetor, and whispering familiarly in his ear, as he was accustomed
to do. But then it did seem a most scandalous thing to every one, that most
honourable men, chosen by their own cities, should be put in chains and in prison,
but that Cleomenes, on account of his partnership with him in debauchery and infamy,
should be the praetor's most familiar friend.
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