Derro~, fie[dcamp of the Nova Invlcta Legion, Anno Domini 476, 1~9 years afl~ the foundation of Rome TxF LtCHT VlERC\"D through the clouds covenng the valley, ~d the cypresses straightened up suddenly like guards, alert on the ridge of the hills. A shadow bending over a b~dle of twigs appea~d at the edge of a stubble held ~d vanished at once, as if m a dream. A cock crow rose from a dist~t farmhouse, a~ouncing another grey, leaden day, only to be swallowed up instantly by the fog. Nothing penetrated the mist, save the voices of the men Blasted cold. It s this damp that gets into your bones h s the fog. I ve never seen such thick fog, m all my hfe Nor have L And not a sign of our rattons Perhaps the~ s nothing left to eat Not even a Btfte wule to warm us up. And we haven t been prod for three months. 1 can t take it any longer, I ve had it with this whole thing A new emperor practically every year, barbarians controlling al the ~ posts, mad now, to top it all olE a motty-no~d kid on thl throne of the Caesars~ A thirteen-year-old brat who hasn t evel got the strength to hold up the ~eptre is supposed to be ~lmml the world the West, at least No, this is it for me, Pm gettml out As soon as 1 can I m kiavmg the army and going my owl way I n fred m/self a htde island where 1 can put go~ts out t,
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