My Varus lead me at leisure away from
the forum to his lover for an appearance,
a wench, as it had seemed then to me suddenly,
certainly not lacking grace and not unattractive.
When we came to this point, we fell into
various conversations, among which, how was
Bithynia now, how it was holding itself,
and whether I had profited any money there.
I answered her which was, that neither ourselves
nor the praetors nor their cohort had,
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