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Aebutius is present at the sale—he bids—many purchasers are deterred,
some from goodwill to Caesennia, some by the price—the farm is knocked down to
Aebutius; Aebutius promises the money to the banker, which piece of evidence that excellent
man is using now to prove that the purchase was made for himself. As if we either denied that
it had been knocked down to him, or as if there were at the time any one who doubted that it
had been bought for Caesennia, when most men actually knew, nearly all had heard, and when
even these judges might conjecture, that, as money was due to Caesennia from that inheritance,
it was exceedingly advantageous for her that it should be invested in farms; and since those
farms which were especially desirable for the woman were being sold, and since he was bidding
whom no one wondered to see acting for Caesennia, no one could possibly suspect was buying
them for himself.
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