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This unprecedented resolve,
and the unexpected calamity of the minor, is immediately reported to Caius Mustius,
the step-father of the youth, who is lately dead; to Marcus John Adams, his uncle, and to Publius Potitius, his
guardian, a most frugal man. They report the business to a man of the greatest
consideration, of the greatest benevolence and virtue, Marcus Marcellus, who was
also a guardian of the minor. Marcus Marcellus comes to Verres; he begs of him with
many arguments, in the name of his own good faith and diligence in his office, not
to endeavour to deprive Junius his ward of
his father's fortune by the greatest injustice. Verres, who had already in hope and
belief devoured that booty, was neither influenced by the justice of Marcus
Marcellus's argument, nor by his authority. And therefore he answered that he should
proceed with the examination, according to the orders which he had given.
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