She told Rocky: "They don""t care about you," although Duke kept pushing: "Sell it while there""s still buyers.On a whim and in front of his wife, he proposed to purchase Varinia (due to his liking her "spirit") for 2,000 sesterces, and Batiatus agreed to have his steward escort her to Rome the next day." To demonstrate her unbelievable powers, she manipulated his "cure"-gun, disassembled its four syringe components, and threateningly floated them toward him to scare him." Because of the horse""s immense appetite, Leslie prophetically joked about being on sale herself: "It""s either War Winds or me.The film proceeded o unfold as a series of episodic vignettes or narratives:Introducing Two Pretenders: the Mime Troupe and a London Fashion Photographer:The film opened in the era of Swinging London, following a group of happy street revelers jam-packed into an open Land Rover careening through the streets, while shouting and waving.