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ImperiumSo much so, there were times today when it occurred to me that this whole fantastic scheme is actually not PompeyÁ€™s at all, but CaesarÁ€™s. That, at least, would explain his presence.Á€« I pointed out that Pompey had described it as his own idea. Á€œAnd 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. Á€˜The central issue must be the defeat of the pirates, not the future of Pompey the Great.Á€™ 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.Á€« He frowned and nodded. Á€œI 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.Á€« 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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