Castel Del Monte a Romance of the Fall of the Hohenstaufen Dynasty in Italy
Castel Del Monte a Romance of the Fall of the Hohenstaufen Dynasty in Italy
Nathan Gallizier
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" shrieked Francesca. " What means this, what means this ? " " What it means, thou guileless bride of Christ ? " roared the duke, whose eyes glowed like living coals behind the ghastly pallor of his cheeks. " What it means? We owe thy gallant deliverer a woman in exchange for an angel, who forsook him at the very gates of paradise, and he has chosen thee to console him, thee ! " Without heeding the duke's speech Ottorino turned to Francesca. " By all the saints, lady, as you know me for a man o...f honour, trust and follow me! I mean but for your life and honour, pray do not resist ! " 332 dastel fcel fl&onte But these words only increased the woman's fear, and she gazed with such an expression of abject terror at the duke that no words seemed sufficiently strong to ex- press it ; then she flung herself distractedly on her knees, almost directly under the hoofs of his rearing steed. " In very truth, fair lady, this fancy for us comes some- what sudden, " the duke laughed direfully, "but if you fear, here is my dagger, " and he mockingly extended the hilt of a sharp and bloody weapon to his kneeling suppli- cant.
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