Chapter 13 Alley-2

Ranus threw more than fifty gold coins into the iron box. He said to Yura: "I've made a deal with you. If Master Gambilari is not sent to the grave in a manner worthy of his identity and wealth within a month from now, the corporal in front of him will be killed." Will bring thirty men to destroy your birdcage and burn your broken furniture. Captain Peng Xifu's son pretends to be in love and shames himself in the world, that's not okay." Ranus and the corporal were under the balcony when Master Gambilari and his son fired at Yura again.When Fabio came boldly out of the garden, they were going to kill him, or at least kidnap him.It was with great difficulty that Yura prevented them from doing so.He said that this young man will change, he will become promising, the old villain is the culprit, and it is most appropriate to kill him.These words brought Ranus back to his composure.

The next day Ranus went into the forest, and Yura went to Rome.He was very happy with the nice clothes he had bought with the money Ranus gave him.However, he wondered if he should let Ellie understand who he was.Thinking of this, he immediately became sad.His kind of thinking was very rare at the time, which also foreshadowed that he would flourish in the future. Because at that time, a young man of his age only thought about how to snatch his lover and enjoy love as soon as possible. He would never think about how she would be in six months, let alone what she would think of him. . Back in Alvaro, on the afternoon when Yura was showing off the beautiful clothes he had brought back from Rome, Scoti told Yura that Fabio had ridden to his father's estate outside the city.The land was thirty miles away on a plain by the sea.Then he saw Monsieur Gambilari, accompanied by two priests, go up the oak-lined path round the lake.Ten minutes later, an old woman boldly walked into the Gambilar family's mansion under the pretext of selling fruit at the door.The first maid she met, Marida, was the confidant of her master, Alley.Alley flushed with shame when she took the beautiful bouquet.It turned out that there was a long letter hidden in the flower.Yura wrote out all his feelings since the night when he was attacked by muskets.But, out of a strange sense of shame, he dared not say that his father was the captain who was known for his valor, or that he had fought with valor more than once.In fact, this is something that young people of his generation are proud of.He thought he knew how Lord Gambilari would react to these facts.Girls in the fifteenth century often had a sense of republic.They focus on a man's own deeds, not the money his parents have accumulated for him, or the reputation of the family.But this idea is mainly owned by the daughters of commoners.As for rich ladies, they are afraid of robbers, and of course they value family status and wealth.

Yura wrote at the end of the letter: "I don't know if these suitable clothes I brought back from Rome can make you forget the insults that the person you respect made when he saw me down. I could have revenge, and I should Revenge, as my honor demands of me. But consider that my action will bring tears to my dear ones, and dismiss it. If, unfortunately, you still have doubts about it, this shows you that some Poor, but noble in feeling. And besides, I have a terrible secret to reveal to you. I can tell other women about it as if nothing happened, but for some reason, when I want to tell you, I can't help Trembling all over. It may ruin your love for me in a minute. No matter how much you promise, I can't dispel my worries. I can only feel relieved when I see the effect of my confession in your eyes. One of the last days, at the end of the night, I will come to see you in the back garden. Although Fabio and your father despise a poor boy with a disheveled clothes, on the day they are absent, I have proved that they cannot deprive us of three quarters of an hour. At an hour's rendezvous, under your window, a man will appear to show the local children a game of fox taming. Then, when the Bell of Hail Mary strikes, you will hear a gunshot in the distance Then you approach the garden wall. If there are people around you, you sing. If there is no movement, your minion will appear before you trembling, and tell you things that may disgust you. In Waiting is decisive for me, and I will not risk giving you flowers in the middle of the night during the terrible day. But at two o'clock in the night, I will sing. If you are on the big balcony, please drop a branch You picked the flowers yourself in the garden. Perhaps this was your last token of love for Yura.

Three days later, Ellie's father and brother rode out to the beach to inspect the family property. They were supposed to start back at one o'clock before sundown, and be home by two o'clock in the morning.But when they were about to go on the road, not only their two horses, but all the horses on the farm disappeared.They were shocked by the audacity of the thief.They sent people to look for the horse everywhere, but they found it in the century-old forest by the seaside on the second day.On the same day, Gambilari and his son had to drive back to Albaro by ox cart in the countryside.

It was almost dark that night when Yura knelt before Irene, and the poor girl loved the darkness.She appears for the first time in front of the man she loves passionately.Although she didn't reveal her feelings to him, he had already deeply understood this point. She found that Yura's face was paler than hers, and her body was shaking more than hers, so she couldn't help but gain a lot of courage.She stared at Yura who was kneeling in front of her. "Really, I can't say anything now," Yura told her.Evidently, they had been in a moment of great happiness.They stared at each other without speaking, like a pair of jade carvings with vivid expressions.Yura knelt, clutching Ellie's hand.She lowered her head and looked at him intently.Yura knew that if he followed the advice of his friends, the Roman swingers, it was time for him to do something.But he resented the idea.He was intoxicated, filled with a happiness stronger than sex could give.He couldn't help being surprised when he felt that time passed so quickly.Gambilar and his son will be back soon.His Roman friends thought it a great folly for him to disclose such a terrible secret to his lover.But he also understands that a serious person like him cannot get long-term love if he doesn't reveal this secret.

"I'm going to tell you something that maybe I shouldn't have told you," he finally said to Ellie. Yura's face grew even paler.It took him a lot of effort to go on, and he seemed unable to breathe. "Perhaps I shall see our affection die, though it is the hope of my life. You think I am poor, but it is more than that. My father is a robber, and I am a robber." Hearing this, Ellie, a girl from a rich family, full of the fear of robbers in her family, suddenly felt dizzy and almost fell down. But she was thinking, "What a painful thing for Yura. He thought I would look down on him." Yura knelt.Ai Lei was afraid of falling, so she leaned against him, and soon fell into his arms again, as if she had lost consciousness.

You know that in the sixteenth century people liked to write exact love stories. Because they are not judged by reason, but by imagination.In this way, the reader's feelings will merge with the protagonist's feelings and resonate.The two manuscripts on which we are based, especially the one in parts of the Florentine dialect, describe later dates in great detail. The current dangerous situation made the girl unable to feel guilty.Though they are often exposed to great perils, these only serve to fuel the fire within them.For to them, whatever is brought about by love is happiness.

Fabio and his father came close to catching them several times.The father and son were very angry and thought they were offended.From the rumors outside, they knew that Yura was Ailei's lover, but they found nothing.Fabio is young and vigorous, proud of his origin.He suggested that Father send someone to kill Yura.He said to his father: "As long as this guy is alive, my sister is in great danger. For the honor of the family, who said we won't kill this stubborn girl early? She is so bold that she doesn't deny her love." .You have seen that she is always silent and ignores your admonitions. Well, her silence is tantamount to a death sentence for Yura."

Master Gambilari said: "Think about what kind of person his father is. Of course, it is not difficult for us to live in Rome for the first half of the year. During this period, we can kill Yula. However, some people have said that although his father Sinful, but brave, generous, even so generous, that he would rather be poor than make some of his soldiers rich. Who will vouch for his father's army at the Duke of Monte Marigno, or at Corona? No friends? Kolauna's troops are often entrenched in the Farjila Forest, five miles away from here. In this case, they will kill you and me without mercy, maybe even your unfortunate mother Will let it go."

Their father and son often talked like this. Although they avoided Alley's mother, Vikda Karafa, she still heard some of them, which made her very worried.The result of the discussion between the father and son was that for their honor, it was not appropriate to let the rumors spread all over the city continue.Now the young Yura wore that pompous outfit every day, triumphantly, and even spoke to Fabio and Gambilar himself in public.However, since it was not prudent to get rid of him, there were only two or one of the following options: the family moved back to Rome, or Eilee was sent to the Convent of the Visitation of the Virgin in Castro, where he stayed. until a suitable object is found.

Ellie never confessed her love to her mother.Mother and daughter live together and love each other, but they never talk about a matter that concerns them both.When the mother told her daughter that the family was moving to Rome, or sending her to spend a few years in a Castello monastery, they talked for the first time about almost the only thing on their minds.From the mother's side, the conversation was imprudent.This can only be explained by her extreme love for her daughter.Irene was in a frenzy of love, and she just wanted to show her lover that she didn't think he was poor, and that she had no doubts about his reputation. The manuscript writer from Florence writes: "Who would believe that Irene was pure when they had so many daring, even risking their lives, in the garden, and even once or twice in Irene's bedroom? She guarded herself like a jade! Every midnight, she would ask her lover to go out of the garden and go back to the hut he built on the ruins of Albert two miles away to spend the rest of the time. On one occasion, they disguised themselves as Franciscan friars.Alley is slender and dressed like an eighteen or nineteen-year-old novice monk.Unbelievable to say, maybe it was God's will, but on a narrow road cut out of the rock, the two met Lord Gambilar and his son Fabio.Behind them are four servants in full armor.A young squire held a torch to light the way.They came back from the not-too-distant lakeside town of Katgundorf.Gambilari and his entourage leaned on both sides of the stone path about eight feet wide to let the two monks pass.At this moment, if they recognized her, how happy Ai Lei would be!Her father or brother would have shot her "boom" and her pain would have lasted only a moment.However, God made another arrangement. Someone added a detail to this encounter.Mrs. Cambilari talked several times with solemn old men in Rome when she was nearly a hundred years old.Out of insatiable curiosity I asked these old men about this and other things, and they told me about it. "Fabiwo was young and energetic, and looked at no one in his eyes. Seeing the older monk passing by them without saying hello to him and his father, he couldn't help shouting: "'This bastard monk is too crazy!God knows what they were doing at this late hour, outside the monastery!I don't know why they don't just pull off their hoods.That way we can see their faces clearly. '" Hearing this, Yura gripped the dagger under the cassock and inserted it between Fabio and Irene. At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than one foot. But God did not want this arrangement, so the two young men Miraculously calmed down. They will meet again soon." Alley was later accused of taking this nocturnal walk as evidence of her depravity.In fact, this is just the enthusiasm of young people with the fire of love burning in their hearts.This heart is pure. 3. We should know that Orsini is Corona's old enemy, and he has great influence in the villages near Rome.He had not long ago ordered the government court to sentence to death a well-to-do peasant named Badazza Bondini, who had been born in Polora.It would be too lengthy to enumerate all the accusations against him.It seems that most of his crimes can be established today, but they cannot be tried in the severe way that year.Bondini was imprisoned in a cell in a castle of the Orsini family.The castle was situated in the hills beyond Valmontona, more than fifty miles from Alvaro.The sheriff of Rome led 150 policemen and walked the road all night to escort Bondini to the prison of Dodirone in Rome.Bondini had appealed the death sentence to Rome.As we said, he was born in the fortress of Bolora, ruled by Corona.So Madame Bondini came to Polora and said to Corlauna in front of everyone: "You will allow your faithful servant to be executed?" Corona replied: "I respect the verdict of the court of His Excellency the Pontiff. I hope I never go too far." Corona immediately gave the order and informed the militia to get ready.The designated assembly point is on the outskirts of Valmontona.This is a small city built on the top of a cliff. Although the terrain is not high, there is an almost vertical cliff with a height of about sixty to eighty feet, which forms the city's barrier.Orsini's militia and government police successfully escorted Bondini to the papal city.The Gambilari and his sons are fanatical supporters of the government, and at the same time have a little relationship with Orsini.Yura and his father, on the other hand, have always supported the Corona family. The Gao Launer family took a very simple protective measure when it was not suitable for public activities.At that time, as today, most of the wealthy peasants in Rome participated in the penance order. When they appeared in public, they had to cover their heads with a cloth to cover their faces, and only two holes were made in the eyes.When the Coronas want to do something, but don't want to admit that they did it, they dress their militia in ascetic clothes. For fifteen days the news of Bondini's release had been circulating in the localities.After long preparations, it was finally decided to act on Sunday.At two o'clock in the morning that day, the commandant of the fortress at Valmontona ordered that the alarm bells be sounded in all the villages of the Farjira Forest.The alarm bells sounded, and peasants poured out of the villages in great numbers (this was the custom in the republics of the Middle Ages. In those days people fought to gain something. The peasantry still had the spirit of valor in it. Today none of them won't move). It was an unusual day: the small army of armed peasants walked out of the village and entered the forest with their numbers cut in half.This was because Corlauner's supporters had gathered at the place appointed by Fabris.The leaders received orders in the morning and let out the wind that there would be no war today.They seem to believe this too.Fabrizio led these backbones and rode around the forest on strong horses, inspecting several peasant troops.But he didn't speak to them.At this time, speaking any words may mess things up.Fabrizio was tall, quick-witted, and powerful.He has just turned forty-five, but his beard and hair are all white.He was not happy about it.Because he likes to remain anonymous in some places and pass by quietly.But when they saw this white hair, others recognized him.As soon as the peasants saw him, they shouted: "Long live Corlauna!" and put on their visors.The prince also has a visor, which is hung on his chest, and he puts it on as soon as he sees an enemy. The enemy appeared soon after.As soon as the sun rose, Orsini's troops, nearly a thousand strong, set off from the fortress of Valmontona, entered the forest, and passed at a distance of three hundred paces from Corona's troops.Corona's men were all on the ground.A few minutes after Orsini's advance guard had passed, Prince Corona ordered his men to move.He decided to attack a quarter of an hour after he had escorted Bondini's party into the forest. In this part of the forest, there are rocks fifteen to twenty feet high.This is volcanic lava that is more or less old.On it grew luxuriant chestnut trees that shaded the sky.Because these rocks have been eroded for a long or short time, the ground is uneven.In order to make the road smooth during road construction, the raised lava was dug out.Thus, in many places the pavement is three or four feet lower than the forest floor. Near the point of attack chosen by Corona, there was a clearing covered with green grass.The avenue passes its edge and then enters the forest.Here the trees were so overgrown with thorns and bushes that it was almost impossible to pass.Corona deployed the infantry in the forest two hundred paces away from the main road.The Prince made a sign, and each peasant put on his mask, took up his musket, and took cover behind an oak tree.The Prince's own soldiers were stationed behind the trees closest to the road.The order was clear: when the enemy was only twenty paces away, the soldiers should shoot; after the soldiers had fired, the peasants could shoot.Corona ordered twenty or so trees to be cut down immediately, and the branches and leaves were thrown on the narrowest section of the road to block the road.This section of the road is three feet lower than the ground.Captain Ranus led five hundred men to keep an eye on the advance guard.He was ordered not to launch an attack until he heard gunshots from the interception section.Seeing that his warriors and supporters were in a state of battle, Corlauner and his entourage mounted their horses and set off from the path on the right side of the road towards the end of the clearing farthest from the road.Yura was also in his entourage. Only a few minutes after the king left, a horse team came from a distance along the Valmontona road.These were the policemen and sheriffs who escorted Bondini, and all the cavalry of the Orsini family.Bondini was in the middle of the line, escorted by four executioners in red.If Corona's men robbed and rescued the prisoners, they were ordered to execute Bondini on the spot. As soon as Corona's cavalry reached the end of the clearing, they heard gunshots from soldiers lying in ambush near the barricade.He immediately ordered the horse team to charge, and rushed to the four executioners in red who were holding Bondini with lightning speed. This little battle lasted less than three quarters of an hour.We won't go into details about its whole process.In short, Orsini's men saw that the situation was not good, and fled in all directions.But among those who dealt with the advance guard, the brave captain Lanus died in battle.This event had a very adverse effect on Yura's fate.Yura rushed towards the red-clothed executioner.He slashed a few times with his broadsword, and then he came to Fabio. Fabio rode a fiery horse and wore chain mail.He cried: "Who are these despicable masked ghosts? Take off their masks with a saber; come, see me!" Almost as he spoke, he slashed across Yura's forehead.The knife was so accurate that it just cut off the mask covering his face.Yul felt the blood flow from the wound, blurring his vision.But the injury is not too serious.Yura steered away from him, trying to catch his breath and wipe the blood from his brow.In any case, he didn't want to fight Allie's brother.But when he was four steps away from Fabio, he received another sharp knife in the chest, but fortunately he was wearing a chain mail, and the knife did not cut in.He didn't come back for a moment.At about the same time, there was a shout in his ears. "Smelly bastard, I recognize you! That's how you earn money to change your clothes!" Yura was furious, forgot his previous thoughts, turned his horse and shouted to Fabio: "You want to die, just try my knife!" After they intersected for a few rounds, the clothes covering the chain mail were peeled off piece by piece.Fabio's golden chain mail is very beautiful; Yura's is very ordinary. Fabio yelled at him: "Which gutter did you get your chain mail from?" For half a minute, Yura had been looking for an opportunity to strike, when he finally discovered the opening.It turned out that the collar of Fabio's beautiful chain mail was not fastened. Yula stabbed at his slightly exposed neck with a sword, piercing his throat half a foot deep, and a stream of blood spurted out. "Fuck you!" Yura yelled. Then he ran to the executioner in red.Two of them were still on horseback, a hundred steps away from him.He rushed and cut the third off the horse.When Yura rushed up to the fourth, the fellow, seeing himself surrounded by a dozen cavalrymen, shot poor Bondini, and knocked him down. Yura shouted: "Dear adults, this is over! Go and kill those fleeing policemen." Everyone followed him and rushed towards the police. Half an hour later, Yura came back to Corona.It was the first time the Prince had spoken to the young man.Yura was furious at seeing him.He thought the prince would be very happy, because the war was completely won only by his correct deployment!You must know that the Orsini family has 3,000 people, but Corona only assembled 1,500 people. The Prince called to Yura: "Your faithful friend Ranus is dead. I touched him just now, and he was cold. Poor Bondini was mortally wounded. After all, we have not succeeded. However, The valiant Captain Ranousse has also earned a lot of life. I have ordered all the bastards I have captured to be hanged from the trees, and not one will be left!" He finally raised his voice, "Gentlemen, do it!" He rode his horse and ran to the place where the vanguard fought.Yura, the vice-captain of Ranus' company, followed the prince to the dead body of the warrior.Around him were fifty corpses of the enemy.The Prince dismounted, and took Ranus by the hand.Yura, like the prince, held the dead man's hand, tears streaming down his cheeks. The prince said to Yura: "Although you are young, I have also seen the scene of your bloody battle. Your father was a very brave man. He served the Corona family and was wounded more than 20 times. The disembarkation is at your command. Take his body to our church in Pollora. Watch out for attacks on the road." Yula's journey went smoothly, but he killed one of his soldiers with a sword, because he said that Yula was too young to be a commander.Fabio's blood was still all over him.His indiscretion paid off.Along the way, prisoners were hung from trees.Witnessing such a tragedy, and thinking of the death of Ranus, especially the death of Fabio, Yura was going crazy.The only thing he hopes is that people don't know by whom Fabio died. The details of the battle will not be written here.Let’s say that three days after the battle ended, Yura returned to Alvaro and stayed for a few hours.He explained to acquaintances that he had been obliged to stay in Rome because of a high fever, and had been in bed for a whole week.However, everywhere he went, people respected him very much.Even the most prominent people in the city greeted him; some daredevils even called out "Master Captain" to him. He passed by the gate of Gambilar's mansion several times, only to see that the gate was closed tightly.He couldn't figure out the situation, but he was too embarrassed to ask others.In broad daylight, he had no choice but to ask an old man Skodi who treated him very well in secret.He asked: "Where did the Gambilari family go? I think their door is always closed." Scoti's face suddenly became melancholy, and he said: "You must never mention that name, my friend. Your friends say he did it first. And they'll go around saying it too. Fabio was the chief obstacle to your marriage. When he died, his sister became a rich lady. She loved you. Nonsense is a virtue in this day and age! She loved you so much that she even came to Albert's little house at night. So, according to your interest, it can be said that you and her were husband and wife before this damned Simby (where the above-mentioned war took place) battle." Seeing that Yura was shedding tears, the old man stopped talking. Yura said, "Let's go to the hotel." Scotty followed him to the inn.They asked for a room, closed the door and locked it.Yura asked the old man to listen to him tell what had happened in the past week.He talked a lot, and finally the old man said: "From your tears, I can see that you did not premeditate this thing. But Fabio's death has caused you trouble. Now Eilee must declare to her mother , you have been her husband for a long time." Yura said nothing.The old man approved of his cautious attitude.Yura was lost in thought.He thought that Allie must be very sad after her brother's death. In this way, can she forgive him for his behavior?At Yura's request, the old man told him everything that had happened in Alvaro on the day of the battle.At half past six that morning, Fabio was killed more than fifty miles from Albaro.So unexpectedly, by nine o'clock the news of his death had spread.At noon, everyone saw the old man Gambilari, supported by his servants, walking towards the Capuchin monastery with tears in his eyes.Soon, the three priests rode Gambilari's steed, surrounded by many servants, to the village of Simby near the battlefield.The old man Gambilari must follow, but he was persuaded by others, saying that Corona was crazy (for some reason), and if he caught him, there would be no good results. Late that night, the Farila forest seemed to be on fire.All the friars and poor citizens of Alvaro, each carrying a large lighted candle, went to meet the body of the young Fabio. Afraid of being overheard, the old man lowered his voice and said, "I will not hide anything from you. The road to Valmontona and Cimbee..." "What's wrong?" Yura asked. "The main road passed your house. Some say that when the body came to your house, a stream of blood spurted from the wound on his neck." "How terrible!" Yura exclaimed, standing up. The old man said: "Calm down, my friend. You need to know all this. Now I can tell you that it seems a little early for you to come back today. If you will listen to my opinion, then Captain, I say you , it is best not to come to Alvaro for a month. It is not appropriate for you to go to Rome. We do not know what the Pope will do with the Corona family. Corona claims that he only knew about Xi'an from other people's talk. Than battles. Some thought the pope would believe his statement. But the Roman proconsul was an Orsinian. He was full of rage and wanted to hang one or two of Corona's soldiers to relieve his anger. If he did, Corona It's not easy to sue him because he swore he wasn't in the fight. Even though you didn't ask me, I have to say a few words. I'm going to tell you that you are loved in Alvaro, otherwise you wouldn't be like this, you think , you walk around town for hours, and one of Orsini's supporters might think you're provoking them, or at least getting a big bounty easy. Old Gambilar has stated many times that whoever put If you kill him, he will give him the best piece of land. You have soldiers in your house, and you should bring some to Albaro..." "I don't have a single soldier in my family." "Captain, that's taking too much risk for you. There's a garden in this inn. We'll go to the garden at once and go out through the vineyard. I'll see you off. I'm old and unarmed, but if I meet a gangster, I can entangle you." At least he can buy you some time." Yura was sad.We cannot tell how much he was distressed, but when he learned that Gambila's house was closed and his family moved to Rome, he decided to visit the garden.There he met Ai Lei many times!He even wanted to see her bedroom.They had had trysts there while her mother was away.He needed to see where she showed her tenderness towards him, so as to relieve the depression in his heart. Yura and the kind old man walked along the path, through the vineyard, to the lakeside.Nothing happened along the way. Yura asked the old man to continue to tell the story of Fabio's burial.On that day, the body of the brave young man was escorted by many priests to Rome, where he was buried in the chapel of the Cambilari family in the monastery of St.In another unusual incident, it was discovered that on the eve of the funeral, Alley was sent by her father to the Convent of the Visitation of Our Lady of Castro.The incident confirmed rumors that Ellie had secretly married the man who killed her brother. Yura returned home and met his corporal and four soldiers.They told him that the old captain always took some people with him when he left the forest.The prince has also said many times that anyone who wants to die recklessly must submit his resignation in advance to prevent others from avenging his corpse. Yura understood the truth in these words, which he did not understand before, and, like a wild child, thought that war was only about courage.He immediately followed the prince's instructions.He hugged the old man who sent him home, and broke up with him. A few days later, Yula was so bored that he felt flustered, and came to see Gambilari's mansion again. As night fell, he and three soldiers entered the city of Alvaro, disguised as merchants from Naples.He walked alone to the Scotia house and learned that Alley was still in the Castro Monastery.Her father thought she was the wife of her brother's murderer, and vowed never to see her again, not even looking at her when he took her to the convent.On the contrary, the mother seemed to be more fond of her, and often left Rome to live with her daughter for a day or two. Si Yula hurried back to the camp in the forest at night, thinking again: "If I don't explain it to Ellie, she'll think I'm a murderer. God knows how people tell her about this damned battle!" " Yura went to Polora Castle and asked the prince to let him go to Castro.Corona frowned and said, "Our troubles with His Majesty the Pope are not over in that little battle. You should know the truth of my statement, that is, I have nothing to do with this battle. I was at the Here, the Castle of Bolora knows the news. I have reason to think that His Majesty the Pope will believe my frank statement after all. But the Orsini family is very powerful. And people say that you performed well in this fight Excellent. The Orsinis even claim that some of their captives were hanged from trees. You know these are rumours, but we have to beware of reprisals." The Prince was amused by the expression of such astonishment in the innocent eyes of the young captain.But his innocent eyes made the prince think that it is necessary to speak more clearly.He went on: "I have seen in you the valor of your father. That spirit has made his name known throughout Italy. Your father was very loyal to our family. I hope you have that loyalty. Of course. I have rewards for this loyalty too. Here are my orders: "Never give away any truth about me and my troops.When you have to and cannot tell a lie, you have to make up nonsense and deal with it.In short, you must not tell the truth, otherwise you will be committed a serious crime.You should understand that even if you say only a few words, it will be combined with other circumstances so that others can understand my plan of action. "Also, I know that you have a lover in the Convent of the Visitation of Our Lady of Castro. You can go to that small town for half a month. But there will not be no eyes and ears of Orsini there. You go to my steward. Go, he will give you two hundred gold coins." The prince smiled, "Based on my friendship with your father, I also have to give you advice so that you can fulfill your love and complete your military mission. You bring three Soldiers go, all pretending to be businessmen. There's a drunk who hangs out with Castro's loafers and buys them drinks. You can lose your temper with him from time to time." The prince changed his tone when he said this: "If you are caught by Orsini's people, even if you are executed, you must never tell your real name, let alone say that you are mine, and there is no need to remind you. In a small city, you have to go around outside, whichever direction you come from, you have to enter the city through the opposite gate." The prince is so strict on weekdays, Yula is very grateful for this fatherly teaching at this time.Seeing the tears in the young man's eyes, the prince first smiled, and then his own voice became a little choked up.He took a ring off his finger and gave it to Yura.Yura took the ring and kissed the hand that had made great achievements. On the third day, just after dawn, Yura entered the gate of the small city of Castro. He took five soldiers with him.They dress just like him.Two of them are a gang, pretending not to know them.Even before entering the city, Yura had seen the monastery of the Visitation of Our Lady, with its huge buildings, surrounded by black walls, like a fortress.He ran towards the monastery church.The church is richly decorated.The nuns are all aristocratic ladies, and most of them come from rich families. They compete for wealth, and the church benefits a lot from this.The church is the only part of the monastery open to the public.When determining the abbot of the monastery, the patron cardinal of the Abbey of the Visitation of Our Lady first draws up a list of three people, and the Pope determines one of them to serve.The newly appointed dean is routinely required to donate a huge fortune to make his name go down in history.Whoever's contribution is lower than that of the previous dean, she and her family will be looked down upon. 尤拉向这座由金饰和大理石构筑的宏伟建筑走去，一身激动得战抖。其实，他并未注意建筑物，他只是觉得到了艾蕾眼前。据说，那个大祭台价值八十多万法郎。而他对它却不屑一顾。他看看四十来尺高的镀金栅栏。两根镂空的大理石柱，将栅栏分为三部分。栅栏底座巨大，森森地立在大祭台之后，将教堂分成两部分，一部分是修女们唱圣诗的地方，一部分向信徒开放。 尤拉想，做祭礼时，修女或寄宿的女人都会来到金色的栏杆后面。白天，修女或寄宿者要做祷告，也随时可到这里来。可怜的情人就是根据这种众所周知的情况，才生出与心上人见面的希望。 “的确，栅栏内挂着巨幅黑幔。”尤拉想，“但寄宿者也能清楚地看见外面的公众。我离帷幔并不太近，但也能透过它看清里面的窗户，分辨得出细小的窗户结构。栅栏上每根镀得金光闪闪的小柱子上都有一个尖刺，对着出席仪式的人。” 尤拉选择了一个面对栅栏左边的最亮的位置，心不在焉地听起弥撒来。他身边是一些农民。里面的人通过黑幔，容易注意到他。这个纯朴的青年，有生以来第一次想引人注目。 他穿着考究，出入教堂，频频施舍，就是对为修道院服务的工人和小商人，他和随从都殷勤相待。这样到第三天，他才有机会给艾蕾递去一封信。按他的命令，他手下的人跟上了两个负责修道院采买事务的修女。其中一人与小个子商人有些关系。尤拉的一个部下过去当过修士，和这个商人也混得很熟，便请他给艾蕾送信，递一封信给一金币。 小商人一听这事，马上说：“怎么？给强盗老婆送信！” 艾蕾到卡斯特罗才十五天，可强盗老婆的名声却为众人所知了。因当地的居民喜欢议论细节，凡能引起人们想象的事，都会不胫而走。 小商人又说：“至少她是结过婚的了，可是我们的很多女人，婚也没有结，从外边接的东西，远不止信呢！” 在第一封信里，尤拉非常详细地介绍了法彼沃战死那一天所发生的事情。他在信的末尾写道：“你恨我吗？” 艾蕾的回信仅一行字，说她不恨任何人，她在以后的生活中，将尽量忘记那个杀死她哥哥的人。 尤拉立即回了信。他先学柏拉图的样，骂了一通命运。这种作法当时十分流行。接着他写道：“你难道忘了《圣经》里上帝教诲我们的话？上帝说：女人必须离开家庭和父母，跟随丈夫。你敢说你不是我妻子？你记得圣·彼得瞻礼日那天夜里吧。当卡维峰后面现出曙光时，你扑到我膝前。我当时真想答应：若我真这样做了，你就属于我的了。你不可能压抑你对我的情欲。正如我多次对你说的那样，我早就愿为你奉献自己的生命和我在世界上最珍贵的东西。你没有回答我。但你心里可能这样认为：所有这些牺牲如果没有付诸行动，就只是一种想象。 “于是我冒出了一个念头，它对我是残酷的，但实际上却很正确。我想，这倒是个难得的机会，我可以把梦寐以求的幸福来为你牺牲掉。我要得到这种幸福并非不可能。你记得，你倒在我怀里，是那样温柔，甚至你任凭我亲吻，并不躲闪。 这时，卡维峰修道院响起念圣母经的晨钟。钟声神奇般地传到了我们耳畔。你对我说：'为圣母，这最贞洁的母亲，作出牺牲吧！'我本来已有了作出重大牺牲的想法，而这时你与我想的一样，我觉得很惊异。我承认，远处念圣母经的钟声感动了我，于是我同意了你的要求。不过，作这种牺牲也不是完全为了你，也是让我们未来的结合得到圣母玛丽亚的保护。 我以为，阻挠我们结合的障碍，不是来自你，变心的女子，而是来自你的亿万家产，高贵门庭。假如没有一种神奇力量相助，这钟声怎么会通过在轻微的晨风中摇曳的树林、翻越迭嶂重峦，从远方传到我们耳里？你大概还记得，你跪在我膝前，我站起来，从怀里掏出我至今随身佩戴的十字架。你对着十字架发誓：无论在何地，无论发生什么事，你都服从我的命令，就像刚才远方传来钟声时，你服从我的意愿那样，倘若违背了誓言，将永远被打入地狱。然后，我俩虔诚地念了两篇圣母经和天主经。凭着你当时对我的爱情，假如像我担心的那样，你忘了它，那么就凭你永远打入地狱的发誓，我命令你今晚在你房里或在修道院花园里接待我。 "