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When, as I had begun to
say, the auction was fixed to take place at Rome,
the friends and relations of Caesennia advised her—as, indeed, had occurred to her
of her own accord,—that, since she had an opportunity of buying that farm of
Fulcinius's which was contiguous to her own ancient property, there would be no wisdom in
letting such an opportunity slip, especially as money was owing to her from the division of
the inheritance, which could never be invested better. Therefore the woman determines to do
so; she gives a commission to buy the farm—to whom? to whom do you suppose? Does it
not at once occur to every one that this was the natural business of the man who was ready to
transact all the woman's business, of the man without whom nothing could be done with proper
skill and wisdom? You are quite right—the business is entrusted to Aebutius.
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