carthaginian's

Updated: June 2, 2025

I have come from there, and I tell you that, if Hannibal have patience until the spring, it is Rome that will beg him to take her. What part has a woman with a man who cannot protect himself! Let her look for a new defender, if she be wise." An odd look had come into the Carthaginian's face as she spoke, a look more scornful but less threatening. "You speak true woman's philosophy," he said.

Duffield Osborne - The Lion's Brood