Chapter 26

Mallius Lepus was beaming delightedly. “I told you,” he whispered to Favonius, “that you would love him. By Jupiter, I wish he would tell Validus the story of the litters that travel fifty thousand paces an hour!” There was that in the tone and manner of von Harben that compelled confidence and belief, so that even the suspicious Validus gave credence to the seemingly wild tales of the stranger and presently found himself asking questions of the barbarian. Finally the Emperor turned to Fulvus Fupus. “Upon what proo…