But in the city it must have often happened that the hour was later, owing to the press of business.

For example, on one occasion when the senate had been sitting _ad noctem_, Cicero dines with Pompeius after its dismissal (_ad Fam_.i.

2.3).

Another day we find him going to bed after his dinner, and clearly not for a siesta, which, as we saw, he never had time to take in his busy days; this, however, was not actually in Rome but in his villa at Formiae, where he was at that time liable to much interruption from callers (_ad Att_.ii.

16).