Olybrius it was, no doubt, who bade the Hun keep watch upon us, and it can only have been by chance that I was allowed to go forth unmolested when you led me hither the first time.

He returned to Byzantium, and I have heard no more.

But a suspicion haunts my mind.
What if Marcian were also watching Veranilda ?' 'Marcian!' cried the listener incredulously.

'You do not know him.

He is the staunchest and frankest of friends.