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when we once have put down this faction , we will do justice to our friends . '' `` And we are of the number ! '' `` Surely , the twenty thousand horse , which you have promised us , are twenty thousand pledges of your friendship , as many claims on our favor . '' `` See , here comes Eachin , '' said the old man ; `` and time wears onward , it is nigh midnight . We must away to our lodgings . Our train awaits us , and we but tarry for your envoy and the letters . '' `` Titus Volturcius !