He had at least something to live for and something with which to fill his nights and days.

Then, dropping his idea of visiting Aulus, he gave command to bear him to the Palatine.
Along the way he concluded that if they would not admit him to Caesar, or if they should try to find weapons on his person, it would be a proof that Caesar had taken Lygia.

He had no weapons with him.

He had lost presence of mind in general; but as is usual with persons possessed by a single idea, he preserved it in that which concerned his revenge.

He did not wish his desire of revenge to fall away prematurely.