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 them