CCCXII (A VII, 16)
TO ATTICUS (AT ROME)
CALES, 28 JANUARY
I think all your letters have reached me, but
the first batch was out of their proper order, the
rest in the order in which they were sent by
Terentia. About Caesar's message and the arrival
of Labienus, and about the consuls' and Pompey's
answer, I told you in the letter of the 26th of
January from Capua, and I put a good deal more
information into the same packet. At present we
are in suspense on two points: first, what Caesar
will do when he has received the answer intrusted
to L. Caesar to take to him; and, secondly, what
Pompey is doing now. The latter, indeed, writes me
word that in a few days he will have a strong
army, and leads me to hope that, if he makes his
way into Picenum, we shall return to Rome. He has
got Labienus with him, who has no doubt about the
weakness of Caesar's forces; and Pompey is in much
better spirits since his arrival. I have been ordered to Capua by the consuls on the
5th of February. I left Capua for Formiae on the
28th of January. On that day having received your
letter at Cales about three o'clock in the
afternoon, I am writing this on the spot. About
Terentia and Tullia I agree with you, and I have
written to tell them to apply to you. If they have
not yet started, there is no occasion for their
disturbing themselves until we see how affairs
stand.
CALES, 28 JANUARY