Last Seen in Massilia
“I said. “He anticipated that Trebonius would attempt to tunnel beneath the section of wall nearest the city gate, and the moat was his solution. It worked, as you and I know all too well. When the sappers broke through, the tunnel was flooded and the men sent to take the gate were horribly drowned. But Apollonides never expected this to happen.”
Davus and I had found a spot a little away from the crowd of spectators who thronged the main market square of Massilia. We were only a few steps f...rom the very spot where we had pulled ourselves out of the water, where I had been abused by the old man Calamitos, and where Hieronymus had come to our rescue. That all seemed very long ago.
The day had begun to wane. The sun was lowering in the cloudless sky, casting long shadows.
Some of the spectators wailed and tore their hair. Some hung their heads and wept. Some stood in stony silence. Some simply stared at this latest, most terrible catastrophe to overtake their city, their eyes wide and their jaws open in disbelief.MoreLess
Davus and I had found a spot a little away from the crowd of spectators who thronged the main market square of Massilia. We were only a few steps f...rom the very spot where we had pulled ourselves out of the water, where I had been abused by the old man Calamitos, and where Hieronymus had come to our rescue. That all seemed very long ago.
The day had begun to wane. The sun was lowering in the cloudless sky, casting long shadows.
Some of the spectators wailed and tore their hair. Some hung their heads and wept. Some stood in stony silence. Some simply stared at this latest, most terrible catastrophe to overtake their city, their eyes wide and their jaws open in disbelief.MoreLess
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