All the signs indicate: 'A fall to the Greatest;' and what can be greater than Rome, the old tyrant queen of the nations?
The immediate future, it is true, can hardly bring the final crash, but it is fraught with important consequences to us.

I dreamed of the fall of the Caesars, and of a great Greek Empire risen from the ruins, powerful and brilliant under the special protection of the gods of Olympus; and each one of us must labor to bring about the realization of this dream.

You have set a noble example of devotion and self-sacrifice, and I thank you in the name of all those who feel with us--nay, in the name of the gods themselves whom I serve! The first thing to be done now is to avert the blow which the Bishop intends shall strike us by the hand of Cynegius--it has already fallen on the magnificent sanctuary of the Apamaean Zeus.

If the ambassador retires without having gained his purpose the balance will be greatly--enormously, in our favor, and it will cease to be a folly to believe in the success of our cause." "Ah! teach us to hope once more," cried the musician.

"That in itself is half the victory; still, I cannot see how this delay..." "It would give us time, and that is what we want," replied Olympius.
"Everything is in preparation, but nothing is ready.