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| 23 | 148 | There were cries of View more quotes about pleasure">pleasure and wonder from the crowd. |
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| 23 | 145 | My hand was sweaty. |
| 23 | 146 | A fellow two places ahead of me, for some petition or other, received ten pieces of gold. |
| 23 | 147 | That is a considerable sum. |
| 23 | 148 | There were cries of pleasure and wonder from the crowd. |
| 23 | 149 | "Hail, Gnieus Lelius!" I heard. |
| 23 | 150 | "Hail, Gnieus Lelius!" Most of the folks, as far as I could tell, however, received only a kind word from the regent, or an earnest assurance that their petitions would be examined with care. |
| 23 | 151 | Several individuals, however, to be fair, did receive handfuls of coins, mostly copper, from the regent, who, smiling, would dip his hand into heaping coin bowls near him, and then spill coins into the outstretched hands of the grateful recipients. |