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ImperiumSo much so, there were times today when it occurred to me that this whole fantastic scheme is actually not PompeyБЂ™s at all, but CaesarБЂ™s. That, at least, would explain his presence.БЂ«I pointed out that Pompey had described it as his own idea. БЂњAnd no doubt Pompey thinks it is. But that is the nature of the man. You make a remark to him, and then you find it being repeated back to you as if it were his own. БЂThe central issue must be the defeat of the pirates, not the future of Pompey the Great.БЂ™ That is a typical example. Sometimes, just to amuse myself, I have argued against my own original assertion, and waited to see how long it was before I heard my rebuttal coming back at me, too.БЂ«He frowned and nodded. БЂњI am sure I am right. Caesar is quite clever enough to have planted the seed and left it to flower on its own. I wonder how much time he has spent with Pompey. He seems very well bedded-in.БЂ«It was on the tip of my tongue then to tell him what I had witnessed, but a combination of fear of Caesar, my own shyness, and a feeling that Cicero would not think the better of me for spying-that I would in some sense be contaminated myself by describing the whole sordid business-caused me to swallow my words ...» |
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