` Not a bit , except -- I did n't know where Ak -- Ak something was , ' she answered . ` Oh , Aquae Solis . That 's Bath , where the buns come from . Let the hero tell his own tale . ' Parnesius pretended to thrust his spear at Puck 's legs , but Puck reached down , caught at the horse-tail plume , and pulled off the tall helmet . ` Thanks , jester , ' said Parnesius , shaking his curly dark head . ` That is cooler . Now hang it up for me ... ' I was telling your sister how I joined the Army , ' he said to Dan . ` Did you have to pass an Exam ? ' Dan asked eagerly . ` No . I went to my Father , and said I should like to enter the Dacian Horse -LRB- I had seen some at Aquae Solis -RRB- ; but he said I had better begin service in a regular Legion from Rome . Now , like many of our youngsters , I was not too fond of anything Roman . The Roman-born officers and magistrates looked down on us British-born as though we were barbarians . I told my Father so . ' `` I know they do , '' he said ; `` but remember , after all , we are the people of the Old Stock , and our duty is to the Empire . '' ' `` To which Empire ? '' I asked . `` We split the Eagle before I was born . '' ' `` What thieves ' talk is that ? ''
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