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Believe me, he was not bribed; for what was there which could have been got by bribing him?
Could he have contrived for the trial to last longer? Why, the law only allows six hours
altogether. How much would Decianus rather have taken away from those six hours, if he had
wished to serve you. In truth, that is what he himself suspects,—you envied the
ingenuity of your junior counsel. Because he discharged the part which he had undertaken with
wit, and examined the witnesses cleverly, 1
*** But if this be probable, at all events it is not very probable that Decianus was bribed by Flaccus.
*** But if this be probable, at all events it is not very probable that Decianus was bribed by Flaccus.