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Updated: June 14, 2025
The windows of this chamber were set in the outer wall of the fortress, immediately above the gates and commanding a view of the square. We were six Confalonieri, Landi, the two Pallavicini, Galeotto, and myself, besides a slight fellow named Malvicini, who had been an officer of light-horse in the Duke's service, but who had taken a hand in betraying him.
Still, it seemed, they did not hear him; for though to us they appeared to be almost silent, yet there was a rustle and stir amongst them, which must have deafened each to what was being announced. They renewed their cries of "Duca!" of "Spaniards!" and "To arms!" "A curse on your 'Spaniards!" cried Malvicini. "Here! Take your Duke. Look at him, and understand."
He had torn down a curtain-rope, and had attached an end of it to one of the dead man's legs. Thus he dragged the body forward towards the window. The other end of the rope he now knotted very firmly to a mullion. Then he took the body up in his arms, whilst Galeotto stood aside to make way for him, and staggering under his ghastly burden, Malvicini reached the window, and heaved it over the sill.
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