Vixdum finierat Maternus, concitatus et velut instinctus, cum Vipstanus Messalla cubiculum eius ingressus est, suspicatusque ex ipsa intentione singulorum altiorem inter eos esse sermonem, Num parum tempestivus inquit interveni secretum consilium et causae alicuius meditationem tractantibus?  Minime, minime inquit Secundus, atque adeo vellem maturius intervenisses; delectasset enim te et Apri nostri accuratissimus sermo, cum Maternum ut omne ingenium ac studium suum ad causas agendas converteret exhortatus est, et Materni pro carminibus suis laeta, utque poetas defendi decebat, audentior et poetarum quam oratorum similior oratio.
Scarce had Maternus finished, speaking with animation and in a sort of ecstasy, when Vipstanus Messala entered the room; and divining from the look of fixed attention on each and every face that the subject of their conversation was one of special importance, he said: Have I come in at the wrong moment, disturbing a private consultation, in which you are busy with the preparation of some case or other? Not at all, exclaimed Secundus, not at all: on the contrary, I wish you had come in sooner. You would have been delighted with our friend Apers carefully elaborated discourse, which was an appeal to Maternus to devote all his talent and energy to pleading at the bar, and also with Maternuss enthusiastic vindication of his verses in a speech which, quite appropriately for one who was championing the poets, was somewhat daring and more in the style of poetry than of oratory.
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