3At this, a great tumult arose, and Caesar gave the missive, just as it was, to Cato. Cato found, when he read it, that it was a wanton bit of writing from his sister Servilia, and throwing it to Caesar with the words “Take it, thou sot,” turned again to the business under discussion.6Cf. Cato the Younger, xxiv. 1 f. So notorious was Servilia’s passion for Caesar.
Notes
[6] Cf. Cato the Younger, xxiv. 1 f.