"We must die anyway if we are caught."
"It is a good plan."
They drank again for several minutes in silence, evidencing that the plan was milling in their minds.
"The new Caesar should pay an enormous ransom for his bride."
The youth rose eagerly to his feet. "I will lead you to the home of Septimus Favonius and guarantee that they will open the gate for me and let me in, as I know what to say. All I need is a bundle and I will tell the slave that it contains goods that my father wishes Favonia to inspect."
"You are not such a fool as you look."
"No, and I shall have a large share of the ransom for my part in it," said the youth.
"If there is any ransom, we shall share and share alike."
Night was falling as Tarzan's army halted before the defenses of Castrum Mare. Cassius Hasta, to whom the reduction of the fort had been entrusted, disposed his forces and supervised the placing of his various engines of war.