Una looked at Puck . ` Yes ; yours , ' Puck put in . ` How old did you think it was ? ' ' I do n't know . Did n't Sir Richard Dalyngridge talk about it ? ' ` He did , and it was old in his day , ' Puck answered . ` Hundreds of years old . ' ` It was new in mine , ' said Parnesius . ` My men looked at the flour in their helmets as though it had been a nest of adders . They did it to try my patience . But I -- addressed them , and we became friends . To tell the truth , they taught me the Roman Step . You see , I 'd only served with quick-marching Auxiliaries . A Legion 's pace is altogether different . It is a long , slow stride , that never varies from sunrise to sunset . `` Rome 's Race -- Rome 's Pace , '' as the proverb says . Twenty-four miles in eight hours , neither more nor less . Head and spear up , shield on your back , cuirass-collar open one hand 's breadth -- and that 's how you take the Eagles through Britain . ' ` And did you meet any adventures ? ' said Dan .
` There are no adventures South the Wall , ' said XXXXX .
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