They rode out together early in the morning, westward, towards Baiae, and up to the king's preserves, and often through some lands of Veronica's which lay in the rich Falernian district within an easy distance.

A groom followed them.

Ghisleri very rarely joined the party.
Bianca Corleone had another accomplishment which was very unusual at that time, and is still uncommon, among Italian women.

She could fence, and was fond of the exercise.

She had been a delicate child, and it had long been feared that her lungs were weak, so that she had been encouraged from her earliest youth in everything which could contribute towards increasing her strength.