“Well, how was I to know if you never said anything?” said Ted.
“And who are we to be?” said Val. “Saxons and Normans, or Crusaders, or King Arthur—”
“We’re all to be Romans,” said Bevis.
“Then it will be the Civil War,” said Phil, who had read most history.
“Of course it will,” said Bevis, “and I am to be Julius Caesar, and Ted is to be Pompey.”
“I won’t be Pompey,” said Ted; “Pompey was beat.”
“You must,” said Bevis.
“I shan’t.”
“But you must.”
“I won’t be beaten.”