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"Rufinus nails it down further on," said Redfeo co"

Pitt gave the

"On the next tablet Rufinus ossip, and a tourist's eye of Carthago Nova, now Cartagena, Spain

Oddly, he doesn't express any further uneasiness about the coe He even failed to note the date the fleet left port But the really offbeat part is the censorship Listen to the next paragraph

"We sailed today toward great sea The faster ships towing the slower ones I can write noUnder strict orders of Junius Venator there can be no record of the voyage"

"Just e set the straight pieces of the puzzle together," Pitt "

"There must be more," Lily insisted "I know I copied beyond that part of the report"

"You did," acknowledged Redfees "Rufinus takes up the tale eleven months later

"I ae without fear of punishment

Venator and his sionaries, all the ship's crews, have all been slain by the barbarians and the fleet burned The Serapes escaped because my fear of Venator made me cautious

"I learned the source and contents of the fleet's cargo and know its hiding place in the hills Secrets such as these must be kept from mortal men I suspected Venator and Severus meant to murder all but a few of their trusted soldiers and the crew of one ship to insure their return home

"I feared for the life of hter so I armed my crew and ordered them to ren of treachery But the barbarians struck first, slaughtering Venator's slaves and Se verus's legion Our guards died in the battle, and we cut the lines and heaved our ship fro into the water He shouted for rescue I could not risk the lives of Hypatia and the crew to save hiainst the current would have been suicidal"

Redfe "At this point Rufinus jumps around and flashes back to the fleet's departure froena

"The voyage froe land took fifty-eight days The weather was favorable inds at our backs

for this good fortune, Serapis demanded a sacrifice Two of our crew died from a malady unknown to me"