I hope within a year to finish with Theodosius , son of Theodosius , once and for all . Then you shall have Britain to rule , and Pertinax , if he chooses , Gaul . To-day I wish strongly you were with me to beat my Auxiliaries into shape . Do not , I pray you , believe any rumour of my sickness . I have a little evil in my old body which I shall cure by riding swiftly into Rome . '' ` Said Pertinax : `` It is finished with Maximus . He writes as a man without hope . I , a man without hope , can see this . What does he add at the bottom of the roll ? ' Tell Pertinax I have met his late Uncle , the Duumvir of Divio , and that he accounted to me quite truthfully for all his Mother 's monies . I have sent her with a fitting escort , for she is the mother of a hero , to Nicaea , where the climate is warm . ' ' `` That is proof , '' said Pertinax . `` Nicaea is not far by sea from Rome . A woman there could take ship and fly to Rome in time of war . Yes , Maximus foresees his death , and is fulfilling his promises one by one . But I am glad my uncle met him . '' ' ' `` You think blackly to-day ? '' I asked . ' `` I think truth . The Gods weary of the play we have played against them .
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