, cold, northern
Britain?'

The spectators, who had flocked from all parts of Italy to see the
famous chief, began to think it was a pity that so brave a man should
be put to death.

After the triumph, the emperor wished to meet this gallant savage face
to face.

Caradoc and his wife were brought before Claudius, who, in royal
garments of purple and gold, was seated upon an ivory throne.

Caradoc looked at the emperor with his calm, brave eyes, and did not
appear to be in the least dismayed.

Claudius said to himself that this British chief was a truly great man.
He asked his prisoner what he thought of Rome.

'I think it is a very great and wonderful city,' replied Caradoc, 'and
that its people are a very great people.'

'Do you know what this great people do to those who have been bold
enough to resist their will?' asked the emperor.

'Yes,' replied Caradoc simply; 'I am told that you put their leaders to
death when you have captured them; and I wonder that a wise and great
people like the Romans should have such a custom. After having
defeated a man, what greater glory is to be won by putting him to
death? It seems to me that it would be more worthy of the Roman people
to spare him in order to show that they are generous as well as brave.'

Claudius was so pleased with his captive's wise and fearless reply that
he had him restored to liberty, with his wife and family.

The Roman who has told us the story of Caradoc in one of his books does
not say whether the brave chief was allowed to return to Britain, or
whether he had to spend the rest of his life in the land of his
conquerors.

I hope his captors sent him back to Britain, for I am sure that he
loved his native land the best, and that he would have liked to end his
days among the brave countrymen who had helped him to withstand the
great and powerful nation of Rome.

CHAPTER II

THE BOY CAPTIVES

Five hundred years had passed.

Long ago the Romans had left Britain; and another people had come from
across the sea to conquer the country and drive its inhabitants to take
refuge in Wales and Cornwall.

Britain had now become England. The English in these days were very
fierce heathens, who loved fighting, and were never at peace. The
country was divided into a number of little kingdoms, which were always
at war with one another, for each king wanted to be more powerful than
any other in the land.

While England was in this state of c