It was decided, however, that there was a majority for his acquittal, and bribery was reported to have been employed; in reference to which Catulus remarked, when he next met the judges, ???You were very right to ask for a guard, to prevent your money being taken from you.??? And when Clodius upbraided Cicero that the judges had not believed his testimony, ???Yes,??? said he, ???five and twenty of