Chapter 45

“My love has brought sorrow to Favonia and disaster to her friends,” said von Harben, “and here am I, chained to a stone wall, unable to strike a blow in her defence or theirs.” “Ah, if Cassius Hasta were but here!” exclaimed Lepus. “There is a man. With Fupus adopted by Caesar, the whole city would arise against Validus Augustus if Cassius Hasta were but here to lead us.” And as they conversed sadly and hopelessly in the dungeons of Castrum Mare, noble guests gathered in the throne-room of Sublatus in the city of …