70. I shall say
nothing of the snapping of fingers, or the naked dancing of the heir,
at entering on an inheritance. Cic. de
Off. III. 19. These are
well-known things. Nor will I speak of the mass of fishes
gathered up at a pretended fishing expedition to excite the
buyer’s desires. For why did he show himself so eager for
luxuries and delicacies as to allow a fraud of this
character?