Chapter text=A:book=16:letter=13b

TO ATTICUS (AT ROME) ARPINUM (10 NOVEMBER)

THE letter of Eros compelled me very much against my will to let go. Tiro will tell you about the affair. Pray consider what ought to be done. And also please say whether it is possible for me to come nearer town—for I should prefer being at Tusculum or in some suburban residence—or whether I must remove to a still greater distance. Write frequently, for there will be somebody to take a letter every day. You ask my advice besides as to what I think you ought to do. It is difficult to say at this distance. However, if the two are equally matched-stay where you are. Otherwise, the mischief will spread, and that will even reach us. Then we must put our heads together.