Thanks to the Contessa, everything was settled,
after acolloquy that lasted an hour.
You bad soldier, he said to the hussar; I know you,
youre inCaptain Henriots squadron. There Ishall get some dinner, thought Fabrizio.
Shew her in, and leave us, he said in faint accents. Very well, his orders to-day
are that you are not to goaway.
CHAPTER FIVEThe whole of this adventure had not
lasted a minute. So saying he went into theinn with his men. Kiss my hand, she said,
as she held it out to the Canon, and rise.
This cruel news almost drove our hero out of his
mind. Drawing back on to his bridge, he tried to reach themwith his
sabre-point.
The landlady assented with tears in her eyes.
Fabrizioswounds were nothing; they tied up his arm with bandages torn from
thecolonels shirt. Inthis way Fabrizio received three or four slight sabre-cuts on
hisarms. The landlady assented with tears in her eyes. Were coming back, saidfour of
the mounted men, and crossed the bridge at a fast trot.
Anybody can come along and say hes a general.
Thanks to the Contessa, everything was settled, after acolloquy that lasted an
hour.
He saw in hisminds eye the print that illustrated
this exploit in the genealogyof the family.
Not so much talk, said one of them; you are under
arrest, thatsenough! Very well, his orders to-day are that you are not to
goaway.
At once they set to work; there was no time to
lose.
Inthis way Fabrizio received three or four slight
sabre-cuts on hisarms. A thoroughly common man, the Contessas eyes signalled to
theMarchesa.
The Marchesa was in despair when Barone Binders
reply wascommunicated to her.
This Milan police, sincerendered so famous by the
adventures of Silvio Pellico and M. When Fabrizio had gone a quarter of a league, he
turned his head.