There was nothing to be done in the city by him.

The Consul was not to be reached.

Catiline himself was too closely watched for personal action.

He would join the army at Faesulae and then return and burn the city.

His friends, Lentulus, Cethegus, and the others, were to remain and be ready for fire and slaughter as soon as Catiline with his army should appear before the walls.