The savages did not depart after this. Instead, more arrived like swarming roaches. It is on the following day, the third and final day of this nightmare, that the Thracian with two different-coloured eyes appears and kneels beside Nazarius, shows him a small carnelian cameo of a profile, and asks him if he has seen this man, this man who may have been dressed like a Roman or a Goth – or perhaps neither – in or around the horreum before or after the explosion.
