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Updated: June 12, 2025
By the time he reached home he had decided to wait until further events should show Scorpa's intentions. And until then he would say nothing to any one least of all to Eleanor. In the meantime Nina was galloping across the Campagna. For a while the fear of Scorpa remained, but when she realized that he was no longer with the hunt, she breathed more freely, and again began to enjoy the day.
He is enchanted, as he has always wanted the picture, and says he only hopes I may never wish to take it back." "No, don't let us do that," the princess broke in, then hesitated, "I can't tell you how I feel about it, but I don't trust Scorpa. It is a hard thing to say, but I have always believed he persuaded you into buying the 'Little Devil' mine, knowing it could not be worked.
It looked as though it might not be very legible at best; but on the sheet before her the shaking, uneven letters trailed off into such filiform indistinctness that she had to go through it several times before she could decipher the following, written in French: "Mademoiselle, I understand you well enough to be sure that you will ask for the truth at all costs, but in giving it to you, I also depend upon your honor to divulge to no one, not even Eleanor, what I tell you: I fought Scorpa this morning and have sustained a bullet wound in the arm.
He opened a window and looked out through the gratings into the night. In his heart he bore no love for the duke, but he was by race and inheritance a dependent of the house of Scorpa. It had always been so the dukes had been masters since time immemorial.
Nina whispered, aghast at the resemblance. "Who, child?" asked the princess. "Rodrigo Borgia." "No one knows. Hush!" "But why the throne? Were the Scorpas kings or what?" "Before the secular unification of Italy," the princess answered, "the Holy Fathers used to visit the Scorpa cardinals. There has always been a Scorpa among the cardinals. The one now is Monsignore Gamba del Sati.
She was relieved, however, to hear that, so far, people had evidently not ferreted out the facts. They were not to find out through the papers. On the morning after the duel, the Tribunale had this paragraph: "Society of Rome will be sorry to learn that the Duke Scorpa is seriously ill at his Palazzo.
The facts are that the duke sold it with perfect knowledge that it was to be smuggled out of the country. I have all the information necessary." "It is incredible, incredible the duke Scorpa!" exclaimed Valdeste. "But that the Prince Sansevero is cleared is the main thing."
My Todo might do worse than marry her but of course" her face drew itself into the grimace that did duty for a smile "my Todo would have little chance for her favor in competition with your nephew." The princess bowed in acknowledgment and strongly protested against the idea of any one's being able to compete with a Duke Scorpa.
As a matter of fact, Sansevero's horse had strained itself slightly in one of the jumps, and he had thought it best to drop out of the hunt. He had gone only a short distance on his way toward Rome when he was joined by Scorpa, who said that he did not care to ride farther but would go back with Sansevero.
They did not stop, as Derby was anxious to go to the Scorpa mines, where he expected to secure his men. He had heard enough to know what lay before him; and even in anticipation he felt oppressed. Another sudden turn in the road gave them a near view of the settlement.
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