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ImperiumБЂњGaius Verres, pro-praetor of Sicily, issued this warrant in Syracuse on the first day of December.БЂ«He held it up before Cicero БЂ™s face for an insultingly short time. БЂњI am searching for the traitor Sthenius.БЂ«БЂњYou will not find him here.БЂ«БЂњI shall be the judge of that.БЂ«БЂњAnd who are you?БЂ«БЂњTimarchides, freedman of Verres, and I shall not be kept talking while he escapes. You,БЂ«he said, turning to the nearest of his men, БЂњsecure the front. You two take the back. The rest of you come with me. We shall start with your study, senator, if you have no objection.БЂ«Very soon the house was filled with the sounds of the search-boots on marble tile and wooden board, the screams of the female slaves, harsh male voices, the occasional crash as something was knocked and broken. Timarchides worked his way through the study upending document cases, watched by Cicero from the door. БЂњHe is hardly likely to be in one of those,БЂ«said Cicero. БЂњHe is not a dwarf.БЂ«Finding nothing in the study, they moved on up the stairs to the senatorБЂ™s spartan bedroom and dressing room ...» | Код для вставки книги в блог HTML
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