Swords and daggers sprang from the scabbards of the Italians, and cries of indignation were uttered by the mercenaries, who saw their crime exposed, and by the Burgundians, who hated the Italians and their dastardly methods.

Charles commanded silence, and Campo-Basso received permission to speak.
"Since when did my Lord d'Hymbercourt turn traitor ?" said he.

"His fealty has always been as loud-mouthed as the baying of a wolf." "I am a Burgundian, my lord," said Hymbercourt, ignoring the Italian and addressing Charles.

"I receive no pay for my fealty.

I am not a foreign mercenary, and I need not defend my loyalty to one who knows me as he knows his own heart." "My Lord d'Hymbercourt's honor needs no defence," said Charles.