2
The Horse Trade
On the inland road the next morning, Argolicus along with Nikolaos who went wherever he went and Lucius, the estate overseer who was a fine judge of horses, plodded along on three horses under the unseasonable warm winter sun.
“Do you think Ebrimuth understands that I really have no power, no official capacity?”Argolicus asked his tutor.
“He knows that you are retired. He understands that you will use observation and judgment as you did as praefect.”
On the pretext of needing a breeding stallion for the estate, they were on their way to the local governor’s estate.
Venantius was the son of Liberius but Argolicus had never met him. He remembered tagging along with his father to visit Liberius who arranged for the distribution of the Thirds to all of the Goths and wa
