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Updated: May 25, 2025
A small force posted at the head of the winding roadway can hold at bay an army toiling up from the valley; but, as at Thermopylae, the position is liable to be outflanked by an enterprising foe, who should scale the footpath leading over the western offshoots of Monte Baldo, and, fording the stream at its foot, should then advance eastwards against the village.
At the foot of this spur is the summit of the road which leads the traveller from Trent to Verona; and, as he halts at the top of the zigzag, near the village of Rivoli, his eye sweeps over the winding gorge of the river beneath, the threatening mass of Monte Baldo on the north, and on the west of the village he gazes down on a natural depression which has been sharply furrowed by a torrent.
"We put the saddle on the wrong horse ho, ho," laughed Baldo. "We 're delighted to make your acquaintance, all the same," said Franco. "And we hold you to your promise you 're to come and stay with us you and Craford both," said Baldo. "Yes there 's no getting out of that. We count upon you," said Franco. "So far as I 'm concerned, I should be charmed," said Adrian. "But I can't speak for Craford.
Animated by this lightning stroke of their commander, the French turned fiercely towards Monte Baldo and drove back their opponents into the depression at its foot. But already at their rear loud shouts warned them of a new danger.
'And I suppose since he is to act as guide he must know the region? her father mildly suggested. 'Oh, no, that's immaterial; we can always ask our way. Mr. Wilder grunted, but offered no further suggestion. 'We pay four lire a day and furnish his meals, she added munificently. 'And we shall begin with the castle on Monte Baldo; then when we get very proficient we'll climb Monte Maggiore.
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