He divorced her in consequence and married Calpurnia, not for love but for place.
A retort trembled on the wicked old lips, but Calpurnia, seeing it, made haste to ask if any of them had ever talked with Juvenal.
Her liking for Calpurnia was of a piece, her acquaintances thought, with her bringing up of her grandson.
On the very day after their union, Calpurnia (likewise of Roman descent) had exhibited symptoms of a strong will of her own.
We are told that Calpurnia, the last wife of Csar, dreamed on the same night, and to the same ominous result.