as she looked upon the city of so much history , she felt a sense of foreboding prickle her , as though the sight of the city portended some catalyst of which she was ignorant.but when the wagon that had brought her and the others from the port of ostia finally stopped and she alighted , victoria did n't feel the sensation , nor the trembling of the earth underfoot that she might have expected when stepping into a place that burned with such a sense of prophecy .