Chapter IV
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CHAPTER IV.
illa ipsa nocte: these knights were to pay their intended visit in the morning, where the Roman magistrates and distinguished men held their audiences and received their clients.
Comperi: Cicero gained his knowledge from Curius and Fulvia (Sall. Cat. C. 28). According to Merivale, Cicero used comperio when he was wont to indicate his knowledge of facts, though afraid of revealing the sources of his information. The word does not always have this force.