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Of these two
charges I see the source, I see the author, I see the certain originator and
mainspring. Gold was wanted; he received it from Clodia; he received it
without any witness; he had it as long as he wanted it. I see here a great
proof of some very extraordinary intimacy. Again, he wanted to kill her; he
sought for poison; he tampered with every one with whom he could; he
prepared it; he arranged a place; he brought it. Again, I see that a violent
quarrel has sprung up between them, and engendered a furious hatred. Our
whole business in this part of the case, O judges, is with Clodia, a woman
not only of high rank, but also notorious; of whom I will say nothing except
for the sake of repelling some accusation.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1891.
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