[21]
He appoints as his umpire his friend Marcus
Trebellius; we name a common friend, a relation of our own, Sextus Alphenus, who had
been brought up in his house, and with whom he was exceedingly intimate. No agreement
could be come to; because the one was willing to put up with a slight loss, but the
other was not content with a moderate booty.
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