12/17 And this our friend must meet him. If he thinks it my duty to return to Carthage, I can but do so, after all. But the soldiers!' 'Excellent sir,' said Raphael, 'Synesius and the Pentapolitan landlords--who can hardly call their lives their own, thanks to the Moors--will be glad enough to feed and pay them, or any other brave fellows with arms in their hands, at this moment. And my friend Victorius, here, will enjoy, I do not doubt, a little wild campaigning against marauding blackamoors.' The old man bowed silently. The battle was won. |