The consul--hardly sober enough to talk coherently--had declared that it was impossible to start any troops that day to Praeneste.

"To-morrow, when he had time, he would consider the matter." And Fabia realized that the engine of government would be very slow to set in motion in favour of a marked Caesarian.
But she had another recourse, and hastened her litter down one of the quieter streets of the Subura, where was the modest house occupied by Julius Caesar before he became Pontifex Maximus.

This building was now used by the Caesarian leaders as a sort of party headquarters.

Fabia boldly ordered the porter to summon before her Curio--whom she was sure was in the house.

Much marvelling at the visit of a Vestal, the slave obeyed, and in a few moments that tribune was in her presence.
Caius Scribonius Curio was probably a very typical man of his age.