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"Well, things went on in this way for years, and I had three chai by the black man, two of them died, but the youngest, who is the Calli who sits by the brasero, was spared; so we roamed about and choried and told baji; and it came to pass that once in the winter time our company attempted to pass a wide and deep river, of which there are many in the Chim del Corahai, and the boat overset with the rapidity of the current and all our people were drowned, all but myself and my chabi, whom I bore in my bosom.
If the gate should be closed, ride away without me and carry the news to the cantons. I would gladly give my life to save the fatherland." "Hang them," cried the duke. "We are wasting time." "I pray your patience, my Lord Duke," said Hymbercourt, holding up his hand protestingly. "I know these men whom Count Calli has falsely accused.
Ah, Sir Karl, if you bear me any love, if my grief and unhappy lot have touched your heart, even on the smallest spot, I pray you, do this thing for me. Do not let Max fight with this Count Calli. If Max falls " "But Max will not fall," I answered boldly. "He has overthrown better men than Calli." "Has he? Ah, tell me, has he? He is little more than a boy.
The best of Venice Venice itself, that is can never find its way into a book; and even if it did, no reader could extract it again. The best of Venice must be one's own discovery and one's own possession; and one must seek it, as Browning loved to do, in the narrow calli, in the tiny canals, in the smaller campi, or seated idly on bridges careless of time.
He had proved himself brave and merciful, and I knew that in him the world had a man who would leave it better and happier than he found it. Calli was arrested and brought to the duke's presence. Of course he denied all knowledge of the shot that had killed Max's horse. Others were questioned, including three Italian friars wearing cassocks and cowls, who bore a most wondrous testimony.
By the migration of tribes from Asia to America, and from America to Asia, a certain number of roots have passed from one language into others; and these roots have been transported, like the fragments of a shipwreck, far from the coast, into the islands. Star, in Huastec, ot; in Mongol, oddon; in Aztec, citlal, citl; in Persian, sitareh. House, in Aztec, calli; in Wogoul, kualla or kolla.
All this action was very rapid, consuming only a minute or two, and transpired in much less time than it requires to tell of it. While our squires were removing Max's armor, I heard the duke say: "Arrest Calli. We will hold him until the shot is explained. If he was privy to it, he shall hang or boil."
The six men who were with Count Calli will testify to the treasonable words spoken by this young spy." "Does any other man in presence know these men?" asked the duke. No one responded. After a little time Hymbercourt broke silence. "I am grieved and deeply hurt, my lord, that you should want other evidence than mine against the witnesses who make this charge. I am a Burgundian.
They are not spies; they are not Swiss; neither are they enemies of Burgundy. Were they so, I, my lord, would demand their death were they a thousand-fold my friends. I stake my life upon their honesty. I offer my person and my estates as hostages for them, and make myself their champion. Count Calli lies." Hymbercourt's words caused a great commotion in the hall.
Thereupon he drew an iron gauntlet from his girdle and threw it clanking on the stone floor. The gauntlet lay untouched for the space of a minute or two; and the duke turned toward Calli and Campo-Basso, who stood surrounded by their Italian friends at the right of the throne. After a long pause Charles said:
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