They obtained a sort of chair, which was made to be borne by poles, and placed the body upon it.

Then, lifting at the three handles, and allowing the fourth to hang unsupported for want of a man, they bore the ghastly remains home to the distracted Calpurnia.
[Sidenote: Address of the conspirators.] The next day Brutus and his associates called an assembly of the people in the Forum, and made an address to them, explaining the motives which had led them to the commission of the deed, and vindicating the necessity and the justice of it.

The people received these explanations in silence.

They expressed neither approbation nor displeasure.

It was not, in fact, to be expected that they would feel or evince any satisfaction at the loss of their master.