CCCCXXXV (A XI, 23)
TO ATTICUS (AT ROME)
Brundisium, 9 July
On the subject on which I wrote to ask you to consult with
Camillus, he has himself written to say that you have spoken
to him.[1] I am waiting for a letter from you—but I do not
see how it can be changed if it is other than it should be.
But having received a letter from him, I wanted one from
you, though I think that you have not been informed on the
subject. I only hope that you are well! For you mentioned
that you were suffering from a sort of illness. A certain
Agusius arrived from Rhodes on the 8th of July. He brings
word that young Quintus started to join Cæsar on the
29th of May, that Philotimus arrived at Rhodes on the day
previous, and had a letter for me. You will hear what
Agusius himself has to say: but he is travelling rather
slowly. Therefore I have contrived to give this to some one
who goes quickly. I don't know what that letter contains,
but my brother Quintus offers me cordial congratulations.
For my part, considering my egregious blunder, I cannot
even imagine anything happening that can be endurable
to me.
I beg you to think about my poor girl, and about what I wrote to you in my last—that some money should be got together to avert destitution, and about the will itself. The other thing also I could have wished that I had done before, but I was afraid of taking any step. The best alternative in a very bad business was a divorce. I should then have behaved something like a man—on the ground either of his proposals for abolition of debts, or his night assaults on houses, or his relations with Metella, or his ill conduct generally: and then I should not have lost the money, and should have shewn myself to possess some manly indignation. I quite remember your letter, but I also remember
- ↑ See p. 38.
