I had heard of such men.
"A week ago, when last he came, I was cast down and grieved by the affair of this marriage, which Filippo had that day disclosed to me.

The Governor of Cesena, observing my sadness, sought my confidence with a kindliness of which you would scarce believe him capable; for he is a fierce and blustering man of war.

In the fulness of my heart there was nothing that seemed so desirable as a friendly ear into which I might pour the tale of my affliction.

He heard me gravely, and when I had done he placed himself at my disposal, assuring me that if I would but trust myself to him, he would defeat the ends of the House of Borgia.

Not until then did I seem to bethink me that he was the servant of that house, and his readiness to betray the hand that paid him sowed mistrust and a certain loathing of him in my mind.