Better to be a laughing-stock than lose the fort for fear of being one.

And what will they do to you when you have told them this story?' Esca said very simply, 'They will kill me.' 'I am sorry, but I do not think much of that plan.' Marcus said.

We shall have made such a blaze that men will remember us on the other side or the dark.

...extraordinarily beautiful, and slightly out of focus.

Why should a deserter take the trouble to light Rutupiae Beacon?” Aquila demanded, and his voice sounded rough in is own ears. “Maybe in farewell, maybe in defiance. Maybe to hold back the dark for one more night.

The young Centurion, who had been completely still throughout, said very softly, as though to himself, "Greater love hath no man--" and Justin thought it sounded as though he were quoting someone else.

Better to be a laughing-stock than lose the fort for fear of being one.