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Did it never occur to you in this instance to order him to make
an entry in his books, that he had sold you this tapestry too, for six thousand five
hundred sesterces? Did you fear that your debts would
increase, if these things were to cost you six thousand five hundred sesterces, which you could easily sell for two hundred
thousand? It was worth that, believe me. You would have been able to defend yourself
if you had given that sum for it. No one would then have asked how much it was
worth. If you could only prove that you had bought it, you could easily make your
cause and your conduct appear reasonable to any one. But as it is, you have no way
of getting out of your difficulty about the tapestry. What shall I say next?
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