Salammbô Chapter 4 - Beneath the Walls of Carthage, part 2

The Gustave Flaubert Library · Jul 2, 2026 · 24m

In which the sullen soldiery of diverse lands, discontented and suspicious, confronts their elusive paymaster amidst growing tumults and whispered plots beneath the burning sky of Carthage. Two restless spirits, bound by oath and cunning, seek a secret passage into the city’s heart, slipping through shadowed cisterns to plot a fate unknown beneath the starlit silence.