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... Martina - A warning - Lecce - An envoy from Ciro- Arrest of the Council of the Decisi - Their execution -Scene with Don Felice • 135 · 143 CHAPTER XI . CIRO AND THE VARDARELLI . Castel del Monte - Rencontre with Vardarelli - Sending out ...
... Martina - A warning - Lecce - An envoy from Ciro- Arrest of the Council of the Decisi - Their execution -Scene with Don Felice • 135 · 143 CHAPTER XI . CIRO AND THE VARDARELLI . Castel del Monte - Rencontre with Vardarelli - Sending out ...
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... Martina . . . . I can say with truth that the roads are now safe , that the traveller journeys without fear ; the farmhouses stand open , the shepherd sings as he leads his flock to the pasture . Let us turn to the real story of Ciro's ...
... Martina . . . . I can say with truth that the roads are now safe , that the traveller journeys without fear ; the farmhouses stand open , the shepherd sings as he leads his flock to the pasture . Let us turn to the real story of Ciro's ...
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... Martina , drawing rein for the first time as the day was breaking , at the top of a ridge , whence they saw stretching below them the wide plain , dotted with white towns and towers , and among them the tower of Scaserba . Not a word ...
... Martina , drawing rein for the first time as the day was breaking , at the top of a ridge , whence they saw stretching below them the wide plain , dotted with white towns and towers , and among them the tower of Scaserba . Not a word ...
Page 143
... MARTINA - A WARNING - LECCE - AN ENVOY FROM CIRO -ARREST OF THE COUNCIL OF THE DECISI - THEIR EXE- CUTION SCENE WITH DON FELICE . THERE is no general rule without exceptions ; but in the main it is true that sympathy begets sympathy ...
... MARTINA - A WARNING - LECCE - AN ENVOY FROM CIRO -ARREST OF THE COUNCIL OF THE DECISI - THEIR EXE- CUTION SCENE WITH DON FELICE . THERE is no general rule without exceptions ; but in the main it is true that sympathy begets sympathy ...
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... Martina to the plain of Fran- cavilla . It was bitter cold , and the long files . of the troops were winding their way through the narrow Apennine road , with steep cliffs rising on either side . Here and there , through the semi ...
... Martina to the plain of Fran- cavilla . It was bitter cold , and the long files . of the troops were winding their way through the narrow Apennine road , with steep cliffs rising on either side . Here and there , through the semi ...
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