Dreaming the Hound
“To her two older children, she said, ‘Spread your arms so that they see we come without weapons.’ They did, and waited. Behind, ‘Tagos saw, understood and was too late to act.
As she had so often in the west, the Boudica raised her arm high and brought it down hard.
‘Go!’ The noise of Camulodunum faltered and fell silent leaving the morning to echo as three warriors and a child of the Eceni hurled their horses at lethal speed towards the triumphal arches that marked the magnitude of Rome’s vict...ory over their people. The wind raised their cloaks and carried away the dust of their passing. ‘Tagos and the cavalry escort, caught unawares, were left hopelessly behind. They slowed and stopped, deterred by the pitch of the hill.
The Eceni were born for a ride such as this; even Graine found the joy at the end. At the last moment, as the legionaries, who had not fought in the west and had been a long time away from war, struggled to hold their line, three warriors and a child reined in to stand on sweating, heaving mounts before a junior tribune of the XXth legion and his wide-eyed men.MoreLess
As she had so often in the west, the Boudica raised her arm high and brought it down hard.
‘Go!’ The noise of Camulodunum faltered and fell silent leaving the morning to echo as three warriors and a child of the Eceni hurled their horses at lethal speed towards the triumphal arches that marked the magnitude of Rome’s vict...ory over their people. The wind raised their cloaks and carried away the dust of their passing. ‘Tagos and the cavalry escort, caught unawares, were left hopelessly behind. They slowed and stopped, deterred by the pitch of the hill.
The Eceni were born for a ride such as this; even Graine found the joy at the end. At the last moment, as the legionaries, who had not fought in the west and had been a long time away from war, struggled to hold their line, three warriors and a child reined in to stand on sweating, heaving mounts before a junior tribune of the XXth legion and his wide-eyed men.MoreLess
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