41 Yet the Allobroges
were long in suspense what course they should adopt. On the one hand, there was
debt, an inclination for war, and great advantages to be expected from victory;
on the other, superior resources, safe plans, and certain rewards instead of
uncertain expectations. As they were balancing these considerations, the good
fortune of the state at length prevailed. They accordingly disclosed the whole
affair, just as they had learned it, to Quintus Fabius Sanga, to whose
patronage their state was very greatly indebted. Cicero, being apprised of the matter by
Sanga, directed the deputies to pretend a strong desire for the success of the
plot, to seek interviews with the rest of the conspirators, to make them fair
promises, and to endeavor to lay them open to conviction as much as possible.
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