ignem ergo quaerens aliquot lustravit domus, tandemque invenit ubi lacernam accenderet, tum circumeunti fuerat quod iter longius effecit brevius: namque recta per forum coepit redire.
So he went around to several houses in search of fire, and at last found a place to light his lamp. Then, since he had made too long a circuit on the way out, he took a shorter way back, and so returned straight through the Forum.
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