4/15 "Let our St.Michael bring up the rear! No, no. You, Da Lodi, you are too old for this work." "Too old ?" blazed the old man, drawing himself up to the full height of what was still a very imposing figure, and his eyes seeming to take fire at this reflection upon his knightly worth. "Were the season other, Ferrabraccio, I could crave leave to show you how much of youth there is still left in me. His angry eyes had alighted upon the Count, who stood waiting by the door, and the whole expression of his countenance changed. |