CHAP. PAGE I. A BRITISH CÆSAR 1 II. AN ELECTION 13 III. A PRIZE 21 IV. THE VILLA IN THE ISLAND 32 V. CARNA 47 VI. THE SAXON 57 VII. A PRETENDER’S DIFFICULTIES 70 VIII. THE NEWS IN THE CAMP 83 IX. THE DEPARTURE OF THE LEGIONS 94 X. DANGERS AHEAD 107 XI. THE PRIEST’S DEMAND 115 XII. LOST 124 XIII. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? 135 XIV. THE PURSUIT 144 XV. THE PURSUIT (_continued_) 152 XVI. THE GREAT TEMPLE 164 XVII. THE BRITISH VILLAGE 173 XVIII. THE PICTS 182 XIX. THE SIEGE 194 XX. CEDRIC IN TROUBLE 207 XXI. THE ESCAPE 216 XXII. A VISITOR 224 XXIII. THE STRANGER’S STORY 234 XXIV. NEWS FROM ITALY 245 XXV. CONSULTATION 256 XXVI. FAREWELL! 266 XXVII. MARTIANUS 271 XXVIII. A RIVAL 281 XXIX. AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL 293 XXX. AT LAST 306 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. THE BURNING OF THE VILLA _Frontispiece_ PAGE CONSTANTINE ELECTED EMPEROR 18 THE _PANTHER_ AND THE SAXON PIRATES 28 CEDRIC AT THE FORGE 58 JAVELIN THROWING 78 THE DEPARTURE OF THE LEGIONS 104 BRITISH CONSPIRATORS 112 THE CAPTURE OF CARNA 128 THE SACRIFICE 166 CEDRIC AND THE PICT 196 CEDRIC’S FURY 212 CEDRIC’S ESCAPE 222 CLAUDIAN’S TALE 234 THE COUNT RECEIVING THE LETTER OF HONORIUS 252 CARNA AND MARTIANUS 276 CARNA ON THE HILLSIDE 304 _THE COUNT OF THE SAXON SHORE._ CHAPTER I.