It ille ad matrem verborum Rufini gerulus, sed nequicquam temptata eius gravitate ultro ipse levitatis et inconstantiae increpitus reportat ad socerum haud mollia: matri suae praeter ingenium placidissimum immobili iram quoque sua expostulatione accessisse, non mediocre pertinaciae alimentum; respondisse eam denique non clam se esse Rufini exoratione secum expostulari; eo vel magis sibi auxilium mariti adversum eius desperatam avaritiam comparandum.
The youth went to his mother as Rufinus spokesman, but when he tried in vain to influence her steady character, instead he himself got a scolding for his vacillation and inconstancy, and brought back no pleasant message to his father-in-law: his mother, usually of such a very placid nature, was immovable, and his request had actually moved her to anger, no small addition to her obstinacy. In a word, she replied that it was no secret to her that this request came from Rufinus instigation, and hence she had even more need of a husband to help her against his desperate greed.
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