vincileone

Updated: May 13, 2025

Just come over and look at Vincentello; he's kneeling here with his head against the wall, as if he were asleep. You may say he sleeps like lead, this time, poor devil." Orso turned his head in horror. "Are you certain he's dead?" "You're like Sampiero Corso, who never had to fire more than once. Look at it there, in his chest, on the left just where Vincileone was hit at Waterloo.

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