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Veranilda

CHAPTER IX
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As for their abode, it had been thoroughly pillaged; the treasure chamber was discovered and broken open; not a coin, not a vessel or ornament which had its price, not a piece of silk, had escaped the clutches of the Hun.
Chorsoman's departure was followed by an invasion of the Surrentines, who robbed more grossly.

A fire broke out in the house of Proba, and much of that building was destroyed.

In the once magnificent villa there lurked but a few slaves, who knew not whether their owner lived..


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