Quae electio tam gravis feminae cur mihi crimini potius quam honori danda sit, non reperio; nisi tamen miror quod Aemilianus et Rufinus id iudicium mulieris aegre ferant, cum hi, qui Pudentillam in matrimonium petiverunt, aequo animo patiantur me sibi praelatum.
Why this choice on the part of so respectable a woman should be counted against me as a crime rather than as a compliment I do not see: I merely wonder why Aemilianus and Rufinus resent the ladys choice, while those who sought Pudentillas hand in marriage are resigned to her preferring me to them.
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