Besides this, gentlemen of the jury, he was saying to my father and my other relatives that The sense evidently is: that he offered me the one boy as a present and asked me to leave Midas. Cf.§ 27. telling me to leave Midas for him instead of buying him, but that I refused and wanted to buy them all. I gather that he is even going to mention these points to you with the idea of convincing you of his moderation, if you please. He must think that he is going to address a set of fools who will not realize his effrontery.