marosaglia

Updated: May 8, 2025

And always the Dezii stood there, straining their eyes after Nello and waving farewells. On the far side of the ridge my ears were saluted by sounds of irregular musketry in the vale behind; and I knew that the second stage in the Dezio-Ceccaldi vendetta had opened with vigour. Three days later I had audience with the great Paoli in his rooms in the Convent of Marosaglia.

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - Two Sides of the Face: Midwinter Tales