We young people , of course , took no interest in politics . We had not the gout : there were many of our age like us . We did not find life sad . ` But while we were enjoying ourselves without thinking , my sister met the son of a magistrate in the West -- and a year afterwards she was married to him . My young brother , who was always interested in plants and roots , met the First Doctor of a Legion from the City of the Legions , and he decided that he would be an Army doctor . I do not think it is a profession for a well-born man , but then -- I 'm not my brother . He went to Rome to study medicine , and now he 's First Doctor of a Legion in Egypt -- at Antinoe , I think , but I have not heard from him for some time . ` My eldest brother came across a Greek philosopher , and told my Father that he intended to settle down on the estate as a farmer and a philosopher . You see , ' -- the young man 's eyes twinkled -- ` his philosopher was a long-haired one ! ' ' I thought philosophers were bald , ' said Una . ` Not all . She was very pretty . I do n't blame him . Nothing could have suited me better than my eldest brother 's doing this , for I was only too keen to join the Army . I had always feared I should have to stay at home and look after the estate while my brother took this . ' He rapped on his great glistening shield that never seemed to be in his way . ` So we were well contented -- we young people -- and we rode back to Clausentum along the Wood Road very quietly . But when we reached home , Aglaia , our governess , saw what had come to us . I remember her at the door , the torch over her head , watching us climb the cliff-path from the boat . `` Aie !
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