some of his men, he hastened to follow. Cicero, hearing their steps,
bade the bearers set the litter on the ground. He looked out, and
stroking his chin with his left hand, as his habit was, looked
steadfastly at the murderers. His face was pale and worn with care. The
officer struck him on the neck with his sword, some of the rough
soldiers turning away while the deed was done. The head and hands were
cut off by order of Antony, and nailed up in the Forum.

Many years afterwards the Emperor Augustus (the Octavius of this
chapter), coming unexpectedly upon one of his grandsons, saw the lad
seek to hide in his robe a volume which he had been reading. He took it,
and found it to be one of the treatises of Cicero. He returned it with
words which I would here repeat; "He was a good man and a lover of his
country."

THE END.

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