CCCXVI (A VII, 19)
TO ATTICUS (AT ROME)
FORMIAE 3 FEBRUARY
I have nothing to tell you Why, I didn't even
send you a letter which I composed last night. For
it was full of hopeful expressions, because I had
just been told of the spirit shewn at the public
meeting, and was still in the belief that he would
abide by the terms, especially as they were of his
own proposing. But here, this 3rd of February, I
have received in the morning a letter from you,
one from Philotimus, another from Furnius, with
one from Curio to Furnius, in which Curio
ridicules the mission of L. Caesar. I think we are
completely trapped, nor do I know what plan to
adopt. But it isn't about myself that I am
anxious: what to do about the boys is what puzzles
me. However, as I write this I am on the point of
starting for Capua, that I may have a better
opportunity of ascertaining Pompey's position.
FORMIAE 3 FEBRUARY
