heed, nor let these our proffers be judged by our years.
The Rutulians, unnerved by sleep and wine, are hushed
in silence: we have ourselves observed a place for a
stealthy move, open through the passage of the gate which
abuts on the sea. The line of fires is broken, and only 5
dusky smoke rises to the sky: give us but leave to make
use of fortune, and go in quest of Æneas and the walls of
Pallanteum, soon shall you see us here again after a mighty
carnage, laden with spoils. Nor can the way mislead us
as we go: we have seen in the dimness of the vale the outskirts 10