But what he does, he does with my full sanction, and I have come hither to advise you of it since you appeared in doubt.

I beg that you will remain there for a few moments, to hear what his Highness himself may have to say.

I trust his eloquence may prove more persuasive." He saluted ceremoniously, and, wheeling his horse about, he rode away.
Valentina would have withdrawn, but Francesco urged her to remain, and await the Duke of Babbiano's coming.

And so they paced the battlements, Valentina in earnest talk with Francesco, Gonzaga following in moody silence with Fortemani, and devouring them with his eyes.
From their eminence they surveyed the bustling camp in the plain, where tents, green, brown, and white, were being hastily erected by half-stripped soldiers.

The little army altogether, may have numbered a hundred men, which, in his vainglory, Gian Maria accounted all that would be needed to reduce Roccaleone.