siquidem fundi ipsius integritas familiae suae dominium usque in obitum vitrici nuper vita decedentis aspexit; nunc autem vir alieni non appetens, sui parcus possessionis antiquae a se alienatae non tam damno angitur quam pudore; quam ut redimere conetur non avaritiae vitio sed verecundiae necessitate compellitur.
In fact the whole of the estate saw subjection to the lordship of his family till the recent death of his stepfather; but now Donidius, who is no coveter of other mens property but a thrifty manager of his own, is hurt not so much by the loss of an old family possession, now alienated from him, as by a feeling of shame; and in attempting to regain it he is impelled not by the vice of avarice but by the irresistible power of self-respect.
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