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With these words, he rushed out of the assembly and went home; where, reflecting much with himself, and considering that his designs against the consul had proved unsuccessful, and that it was impossible to set fire to the city, by reason of the guards that were placed every where, he judged it most advisable to reinforce his army, and to make all necessary preparations for war before the legions were raised; and accordingly set out in the dead of night for Manlius’s camp, with a few attendants. Before his departure, however, he gave instructions to Lentulus and Cethegus, and those of his associates whom he knew to be most daring and resolute, to strengthen the party by all possible means; to despatch the consul as soon as they could; to have every thing in readiness for the intended massacre, the firing of the city, and the other feats of war; promising that he himself would in a short time come to the city at the head of a great army.24