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Tales of Long Ago Arthur Conan Doyle ALMA CLASSICS Alma Classics Ltd Hogarth House 32–34 Paradise Road Richmond Surrey TW 9 1se United Kingdom www.almaclassics.com Tales of Long Ago first published in 1922 This edition first published by Alma Classics Ltd in 2015 Cover design by Will Dady Printed and bound by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY isbn : 978-1-84749-410-8 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not be resold, lent, hired out or otherwise circulated without the express prior consent of the publisher. Contents Tales of Long Ago The Last of the Legions The Last Galley Through the Veil The Coming of the Huns The Contest The First Cargo An Iconoclast Giant Maximin The Red Star The Silver Mirror The Homecoming A Point of Contact Note on the Text Notes Tales of Long Ago The Last of the Legions P ontus, the Roman viceroy, sat in the atrium of his palatial villa by the Thames, and he looked with perplexity at the scroll of papyrus which he had just unrolled.