At Caecilia Metelli, dum sororis filiae, adultae aetatis virgini, more prisco nocte concubia nuptiale petit omen, ipsa fecit: nam cum in sacello quodam eius rei gratia aliquamdiu persedisset nec [aliqua] ulla vox proposito congruens esset audita, fessa longa standi mora puella rogavit materteram ut sibi paulisper locum residendi accommodaret.
Caecilia, wife of Metellus, sought an omen of wedlock for her sisters child, a grown-up girl, at dead of night, in the ancient fashion; but she made it herself. She had sat for the purpose for some time in a certain shrine and heard no word that fitted her intent, when the girl, weary with standing so long, asked her aunt to give her a place to sit down for a little while.
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