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hic: the reference is to Romae [gap in text] miratus sum, Ep. LXXVII. 1. On hic, cf. Ep. XII.1n.
domus [gap in text] possit: because it would remind him of Publilia's conduct.
ut [gap in text] petam: Cicero's efforts in seeking consolation found expression especially in the Consolatio and the Tusculan Disputations.