about
midnight
He would never have surrendered ; would never have voluntarily accepted life ; but as he had been taken captive against his will and in fair fight , he saw no disgrace in it . He wondered why he and his companions had been spared . It might be that they were to be put to death publicly , as a warning to their countrymen ; but he thought it more likely that Suetonius had preserved them to carry them back to Rome as a proof that he had , before giving up the command , crushed out the last resistance of the Britons to Roman rule . As the captives had been distributed among the boats , he had no opportunity of speaking to his companions until , about midnight , the flotilla arrived at Godmancastra . Then they were laid on the ground together , a guard of six men taking post beside them . Boduoc at once broke out in a torrent of execrations against the Romans . `` They had a right to kill us , '' he said , `` but they had no right to dishonour us .