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Рафаэль Сабатини. Love-at-Arms (Historical Novel)
Love-at-Arms (Historical Novel)
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. VOX POPULI
CHAPTER II. ON A MOUNTAIN PATH
CHAPTER III. SACKCLOTH AND MOTLEY
CHAPTER IV. MONNA VALENTINA
CHAPTER V. GIAN MARIA
CHAPTER VI. THE AMOROUS DUKE
CHAPTER VII. GONZAGA THE INSIDIOUS
CHAPTER VIII. AMONG THE DREGS OF WINE
CHAPTER IX. THE “TRATTA DI CORDE”
CHAPTER X. THE BRAYING OF AN ASS
CHAPTER XI. WANDERING KNIGHTS
CHAPTER XII. THE FOOL'S INQUISITIVENESS
CHAPTER XIII. GIAN MARIA MAKES A VOW
CHAPTER XIV. FORTEMANI DRINKS WATER
CHAPTER XV. THE MERCY OF FRANCESCO
CHAPTER XVI. GONZAGA UNMASKS
CHAPTER XVII. THE ENEMY
CHAPTER XVIII. TREACHERY
CHAPTER XIX. PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT
CHAPTER XX. THE LOVERS
CHAPTER XXI. THE PENITENT
CHAPTER XXII. A REVELATION
CHAPTER XXIII. IN THE ARMOURY TOWER
CHAPTER XXIV. THE INTERRUPTED MASS
CHAPTER XXV. THE CAPITULATION OF ROCCALEONE
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Rafael Sabatini
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“But why did they come to naught? Body of Satan!—why?” roared the impetuous Ferrabraccio, as with his mighty fist he smote the table a blow that well-nigh shattered it. “Because Gian Maria was not in a marrying mood! The girl we proposed to him was beautiful as an angel; but he would not so much as look. There was a woman in Babbiano who——”
“My lord,” cut in Fabrizio hastily, fearing the lengths to which the other might go, “it is as Ferrabraccio says. His Highness would not marry. And this it is has led us to invite you to meet us here to-night. His Highness will do nothing to save the Duchy, and so we turn to you. The people are with us; in every street of Babbiano are you spoken of openly as the duke they would have govern them and defend their homes. In the sacred name of the people, then,” the old man concluded, rising, and speaking in a voice shaken by emotion, “and with the people's voice, of which we are but the mouthpiece, we now offer you the crown of Babbiano. Return with us to-night, my lord, and to-morrow, with but twenty spears for escort, we shall ride into Babbiano and proclaim you Duke. Nor need you fear the slightest opposition. One man only of Babbiano—that same Masuccio whom you tell us that you saw to-night—remains faithful to Gian Maria; faithful because he and the fifty Swiss mercenaries at his heels are paid to be so. Up, my lord! Let your own good sense tell you whether an honest man need scruple to depose a prince whose throne knows no defence beyond the hired protection of fifty foreign spears.”
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