Leave us to talk together , '' said Maximus . ' `` No need ! '' said Allo . `` I am the corn between the upper and lower millstones . I must know what the lower millstone means to do . These boys have spoken the truth as far as they know it . I , a Prince , will tell you the rest . I am troubled about the Men of the North . '' He squatted like a hare in the heather , and looked over his shoulder . ' `` I also , '' said Maximus , `` or I should not be here . '' ' `` Listen , '' said Allo . `` Long and long ago the Winged Hats '' -- he meant the Northmen -- `` came to our beaches and said , ` Rome falls ! Push her down ! ' We fought you . You sent men . We were beaten . After that we said to the Winged Hats , ` You are liars ! Make our men alive that Rome killed , and we will believe you . ' They went away ashamed . Now they come back bold , and they tell the old tale , which we begin to believe -- that Rome falls ! '' '
`` Give me three years ' peace on the Wall , '' cried XXXXX , `` and I will show you and all the ravens how they lie ! '' '
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