26/30 'I say, I do wish you'd give up this idea of conquering Britain. It's not worth while, really it isn't!' 'On the contrary,' said Caesar, 'what you've told me has decided me to go, if it's only to find out what Britain is really like. Guards, detain these children.' 'Quick,' said Robert, 'before the guards begin detaining. We had enough of that in Babylon.' Jane held up the Amulet away from the sunset, and said the word. The learned gentleman was pushed through and the others more quickly than ever before passed through the arch back into their own times and the quiet dusty sitting-room of the learned gentleman. |