Pullo asking for peaches made me laugh. I too thought about it--there was something very civilized in how he gave Cicero time to compose himself, and displayed respect, I thought, in asking for the peaches rather than just taking them afterwards. And didn't he give Cicero some time to sort of pull himself together while he was picking the peaches?

He could've just burst in, run the major domo through, and lopped Cicero's head off. As an assassination, I thought Pullo did it with kindness and sensitivity.