Id misericordiane hospitis an pactione aut casu ita evenerit, parum conperimus; nisi, quia illi in tanto malo turpis vita integra fama potior fuit, inprobus intestabilisque videtur.
Whether this happened as a result of the mercy of his host, or by prearrangement, or by mere chance, I have not succeeded in discovering; still, because in such a disaster Turpilius preferred a torpid life to an unsullied reputation, he gives the impression of being a detestable scoundrel.
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