It was however wonderful how among people of different class, rank,
age, sex, among rich and poor, everything was kept in secrecy till betrayal
began from the house of Scaevinus. The day before the treacherous attempt,
after a long conversation with Antonius Natalis, Scaevinus returned home,
sealed his will, and, drawing from its sheath the dagger of which I have
already spoken, and complaining that it was blunted from long disuse, he
ordered it to be sharpened on a stone to a keen
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