gaius - his gaius , not this new gaius he 'd just met - was long gone by now , into collatia with egerius ; manius was here , of course , but where were all the others - publius and ... and ... he realised he 'd forgotten their names , and when he tried to think of them , he could see them standing there in the saltings , lined up under the burning sun , but he could no longer see their faces clearly .