The Time Portal 5: The Nazi by Joe Corso

Author:Joe Corso [Corso, Joe]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Black Horse Publishing
Published: 2014-02-12T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

335 AD

The three strangers were each taken to a room prepared just for them. A change of clothes was laid out on each bed while the clothes they wore were being cleaned for them. The men placed their guns under the togas they were given to wear, and when they were dressed, Tia led them to a room known as a triclinium. This was the room in which the upper class ate their dinners. Before they sat down to eat, Rufio tried to introduce the three strangers to the guests, but Lucky couldn’t understand a word of Latin, so the introductions were difficult. Lucky recognized the name of Emperor Maximus Herculius and Cicero, and he wondered if he was just introduced to them, but he didn’t say anything. The three of them not being able to understand the language felt like deaf mutes. All they could do was smile and nod their heads foolishly. Eating dinner was uncomfortable because the meal was eaten on the triclinium, a three-sided sofa and, unlike dinners at home where you sat on a chair, and ate at a table, here they ate with their bodies extended, their left arms resting on cushions to hold up their heads, while they used their right arms to take food off a table adorned with beautiful flowers, which added beauty to the delicious meal.

The three men from Queens, New York had never tasted wild boar before, and the delicacy more than made up for their being forced to eat in an uncomfortable position. Nicky quipped, “I bet Mickey would enjoy eating like this.” The other two agreed and laughed at the thought of him lying on the triclinium, with his legs stretched out, eating his food. Their unintended laughter made everyone at the table wonder what was said to make them laugh so.

Lucky leaned over and whispered, “I hope they don’t bring out their favorite champion, and ask me to fight him to entertain the guests, like I had to do for the King of England when I first got there.” But his fear was unfounded because after dinner, Rufio walked over and motioned for them to come with him. Rufio tried talking to them in the Roman language, but he soon realized that they didn’t understand him. He tried Greek with still no success, and then he tried Sicania, the language spoken by the natives of this island. Rufio was pleasantly surprised when Lucky answered him in a dialect that was difficult to understand, but they managed to communicate, which made everyone happy, especially Tia, who was hanging onto every word Dukie said. Tia looked at her father and told him to go ahead, that she would show the young man around. Rufio nodded indulgently, and asked his remaining two guests where they hailed from. Lucky answered, “From a land far, far away.”

This answer seemed to mystify their host. “But surely you come from somewhere Rome has interests in?”

“No, sir. We come from a land that Rome has yet to discover.

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