Ac primo quidem voluntatem meam verbis inversis periclitabundus, quoniam me viae cupidum et conversum ab uxoria re videbat, orat saltem paulisper manerem:
At first, indeed, he tested my inclination by speaking indirectly, since he saw that I was eager to set out, and was averse to the married state, and he begged me to stay at least for a while;
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