Chapter 14 from Zenobia – Challenging a Legend
When they
were outside and away from the others, Longinus exclaimed in a subdued voice,
“You idiot!” his face livid. From anyone else it would have been a scream, but
of course he was far too controlled to ever totally give in to such an emotion.
“Do you actually believe that you can blunder through life, indulging your
every impulse, without serious consequences? Fool!”
Can you guess who Longinus is
speaking to?
Yes, you guessed right, Zenobia.
What would make the Professor so angry to talk to his student in such a manner?
Zenobia let her feelings of
rebellion against Rome be known to her other classmates. If Rome perceived you
a threat they would eliminate you. Rome didn't fear a young desert
girl from Syria and that became a brutal mistake. Don’t ever underestimate a
girl, especially one who carries a bow and arrow and is more interested in
warriors than shopping in the marketplace.
The novel Historic Girls by E.S. Brooks writes about Zenobia
and how the girl in the Syrian Desert influenced history of her time. “In these progressive days,
when so much energy and discussion are devoted to what is termed equality and
the rights of women, it is well to remember that there have been in the distant
past women, and girls even, who by their actions and endeavors proved
themselves the equals of the men of their time in valor, shrewdness, and
ability.
Their stories are fruitful of varying lessons, for some of these
historic girls were willful as well as courageous, and mischievous as well as
tender-hearted.
But from all the lessons and from all the morals, one truth stands
out most clearly—the fact that age and country, time and surroundings, make but
little change in the real girl-nature, that has ever been impulsive, trusting,
tender, and true, alike in the days of the Syrian Zenobia and in those of the
modern American school-girl.” http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage-books.php?Dir=books&author=brooks&book=girls&story=_front
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