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Balbus saw that. He said that Clodia was kept in the dark, and that Caelius
alleged to her as his reason for wanting the gold, that he wanted it for the
ornamenting of his arms if he was as intimate with Clodia as you make him
out when you say so much about his amorous propensities, he,
no doubt, told her what he wanted the gold for. If he was not so intimate
with her, then, no doubt, she never gave it. Therefore, if Caelius told you
the truth, O you most ill-regulated woman, you knowingly gave gold to
promote a crime; if he did not venture to tell you, you never gave it at
all.
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