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Title: A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3)

Author: Felix Dahn

Translator: Lily Wolffsohn

Release Date: May 11, 2010 [EBook #32330]

Language: English

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A STRUGGLE FOR ROME.

BY
FELIX DAHN.

_T R A N S L A T E D F R O M T H E G E R M A N_
BY
LILY WOLFFSOHN.

"If there be anything more powerful than Fate,
It is the courage which bears it undismayed."
GEIBEL.

IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. II.

LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY AND SON.
1878.
[_All Rights Reserved._]

A STRUGGLE FOR ROME.

BOOK III.--_Continued._

THEODAHAD.

CHAPTER X.

On the evening of the third day after the arrival of the Gothic escort
sent by Totila, Valerius had terminated his arrangements and fixed the
next morning for his departure from the villa.

He was sitting with Valeria and Julius at the evening meal, and
speaking of the prospect of preserving peace, which was no doubt
undervalued by the young hero, Totila, who was filled with the ardour
of war. The old Roman could not endure the thought of seeing armed
Greeks enter his beloved country.

"I, too, wish for peace," said Valeria reflectively, "and yet----"

"Well?" as