There was justice neither in the people nor in the Senate.

Their hearts were drunk with a sense of revenge and self-willed passion; and Justice literally weighed out her bounty with blinded eyes.
[137] _Subsellium_.
There was another hum and rustle.

And into the hall swept Lentulus Crus, in robes of office, with Scipio, the father-in-law of Pompeius, at his side.

Before him strode his twelve lictors bearing their fasces erect.

Not a word was spoken while Lentulus Crus seated himself in the ivory curule chair of office.