We were chased by Pompeius's foot soldiers as far as Janiculum.

We ran away from his cavalry.

If they hate us, your humble friends, so bitterly, how much the more must they hate you!" "And the tribunes, and Curio, and Caelius are on their way hither ?" asked Caesar.
"They will be here very soon." "That is well," replied the proconsul; then, with a totally unexpected turn, "Quintus Drusus, what do you advise me to do ?" "I--I advise, Imperator ?" stammered the young man.
"And who should advise, if not he who has ridden so hard and fast in my service?
Tell me, is there any hope of peace, of reconciliation with Pompeius ?" "None." "Any chance that the senators will recover their senses, and propose a reasonable compromise ?" "None." "Will not Cicero use his eloquence in the cause of peace and common justice ?" "I have seen him.

He dare not open his mouth." "Ah!" and again Caesar was silent, this time with a smile, perhaps of scorn, playing around his mouth.
"Are the people, the equites, given body and soul over to the war party ?" Drusus nodded sadly.

"So long as the consuls are in the ascendant, they need fear no revolution at home.