Note (return) — Chapter IX
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"Thus you passed on to the dignity of Master of the Offices, 88 which you obtained, not by a pecuniary payment, but as a testimony to your character. In that office you were ever ready to help the Quæstors, for when pure eloquence was needed men always resorted to you; and, in fact, when you were at hand and ready to help, there was no accurate division of labour among the various offices of the State. 89 No one could find an occasion to murmur aught against you, although you bore all the unpopularity which accompanies the favour of a prince.