As my father kept me in money, I always dressed well, and took all Opportunities of showing myself to advantage in the eyes of the little beauty. I used to see her at church; and as I could play a little upon the guitar, I gave her a tune3 sometimes under her window of an evening; and I tried to have interviews with her in her father’s vineyard, not far from the town, where she sometimes walked. She was evidently pleased with me, but she was young and shy, and her Father kept a strict eye upon her, and took alarm at my attentions, for he had a bad opinion of me, and looked for a better match for his daughter. I became furious at the difficulties thrown in my way, having been accustomed always to easy success among the women, being considered one of the smartest young fellows of the place.
Her father brought home a suitor for her; a rich farmer from a neighboring town. The wedding-day was appointed, and preparations were making. I got sight of her at her window, and I thought she looked sadly at me. I determined5 the match should not take place, cost what it might. I met her intended bridegroom in the market-place, and could not restrain the expression of my rage. A few hot words passed between us, when I drew my stiletto, and stabbed him to the heart. I fled to a neighboring church for refuge; and with a little money I obtained absolution; but I did not dare to venture from my asylum6.
At that time our captain was forming his troop. He had known me from boyhood, and hearing of my situation, came to me in secret, and made such offers that I agreed to enlist7 myself among his followers8. Indeed, I had more than once thought of taking to this mode of life, having known several brave fellows of the mountains, who used to spend their money freely among us youngsters of the town. I accordingly left my asylum late one night, repaired to the appointed place of meeting; took the oaths prescribed, and became one of the troop. We were for some time in a distant part of the mountains, and our wild adventurous9 kind of life hit my fancy wonderfully, and diverted my thoughts. At length they returned with all their violence to the recollection of Rosetta. The solitude11 in which I often found myself gave me time to brood over her image, and as I have kept watch at night over our sleeping camp in the mountains, my feelings have been roused almost to a fever.
At length we shifted our ground, and determined to make a descent upon the road between Terracina and Naples. In the course of our expedition, we passed a day or two in the woody mountains which rise above Frosinone. I cannot tell you how I felt when I looked down upon the place, and distinguished12 the residence of Rosetta. I determined to have an interview with her; but to what purpose? I could not expect that she would quit her home, and accompany me in my hazardous13 life among the mountains. She had been brought up too tenderly for that; and when I looked upon the women who were associated with some of our troop, I could not have borne the thoughts of her being their companion. All return to my former life was likewise hopeless; for a price was set upon my head. Still I determined to see her; the very hazard and fruitlessness of the thing made me furious to accomplish it.
It is about three weeks since I persuaded our captain to draw down to the vicinity of Frosinone, in hopes of entrapping14 some of its principal inhabitants, and compelling them to a ransom15. We were lying in ambush16 towards evening, not far from the vineyard of Rosetta’s father. I stole quietly from my companions, and drew near to reconnoitre the place of her frequent walks.
How my heart beat when, among the vines, I beheld17 the gleaming of a white dress! I knew it must be Rosetta’s; it being rare for any female of the place to dress in white. I advanced secretly and without noise, until putting aside the vines, I stood suddenly before her. She uttered a piercing shriek18, but I seized her in my arms, put my hand upon her mouth and conjured19 her to be silent. I poured out all the frenzy20 of my passion; offered to renounce21 my mode of life, to put my fate in her hands, to fly with her where we might live in safety together. All that I could say, or do, would not pacify22 her. Instead of love, horror and affright seemed to have taken possession of her breast.—She struggled partly from my grasp, and filled the air with her cries. In an instant the captain and the rest of my companions were around us. I would have given anything at that moment had she been safe out of our hands, and in her father’s house. It was too late. The captain pronounced her a prize, and ordered that she should be borne to the mountains. I represented to him that she was my prize, that I had a previous claim to her; and I mentioned my former attachment23. He sneered24 bitterly in reply; observed that brigands25 had no business with village intrigues27, and that, according to the laws of the troop, all spoils of the kind were determined by lot. Love and jealousy28 were raging in my heart, but I had to choose between obedience29 and death. I surrendered her to the captain, and we made for the mountains.
She was overcome by affright, and her steps were so feeble and faltering30, and it was necessary to support her. I could not endure the idea that my comrades should touch her, and assuming a forced tranquillity31, begged that she might be confided32 to me, as one to whom she was more accustomed. The captain regarded me for a moment with a searching look, but I bore it without flinching33, and he consented, I took her in my arms: she was almost senseless. Her head rested on my shoulder, her mouth was near to mine. I felt her breath on my face, and it seemed to fan the flame which devoured34 me. Oh, God! to have this glowing treasure in my arms, and yet to think it was not mine!
We arrived at the foot of the mountain. I ascended35 it with difficulty, particularly where the woods were thick; but I would not relinquish36 my delicious burthen. I reflected with rage, however, that I must soon do so. The thoughts that so delicate a creature must be abandoned to my rude companions, maddened me. I felt tempted37, the stiletto in my hand, to cut my way through them all, and bear her off in triumph. I scarcely conceived the idea, before I saw its rashness; but my brain was fevered with the thought that any but myself should enjoy her charms. I endeavored to outstrip38 my companions by the quickness of my movements; and to get a little distance ahead, in case any favorable opportunity of escape should present. Vain effort! The voice of the captain suddenly ordered a halt. I trembled, but had to obey. The poor girl partly opened a languid eye, but was without strength or motion. I laid her upon the grass. The captain darted39 on me a terrible look of suspicion, and ordered me to scour40 the woods with my companions, in search of some shepherd who might be sent to her father’s to demand a ransom.
I saw at once the peril42. To resist with violence was certain death; but to leave her alone, in the power of the captain!—I spoke43 out then with a fervor44 inspired by my passion and my despair. I reminded the captain that I was the first to seize her; that she was my prize, and that my previous attachment for her should make her sacred among my companions. I insisted, therefore, that he should pledge me his word to respect her; otherwise I should refuse obedience to his orders. His only reply was, to cock his carbine; and at the signal my comrades did the same. They laughed with cruelty at my impotent rage. What could I do? I felt the madness of resistance. I was menaced on all hands, and my companions obliged me to follow them. She remained alone with the chief—yes, alone and almost lifeless!—
Here the robber paused in his recital45, overpowered by his emotions. Great drops of sweat stood on his forehead; he panted rather than breathed; his brawny46 bosom47 rose and fell like the waves of a troubled sea. When he had become a little calm, he continued his recital.
I was not long in finding a shepherd, said he. I ran with the rapidity of a deer, eager, if possible, to get back before what I dreaded48 might take place. I had left my companions far behind, and I rejoined them before they had reached one-half the distance I had made. I hurried them back to the place where we had left the captain. As we approached, I beheld him seated by the side of Rosetta. His triumphant49 look, and the desolate50 condition of the unfortunate girl, left me no doubt of her fate. I know not how I restrained my fury.
It was with extreme difficulty, and by guiding her hand, that she was made to trace a few characters, requesting her father to send three hundred dollars as her ransom. The letter was despatched by the shepherd. When he was gone, the chief turned sternly to me: “You have set an example,” said he, “of mutiny and self-will, which if indulged would be ruinous to the troop. Had I treated you as our laws require, this bullet would have been driven through your brain. But you are an old friend; I have borne patiently with your fury and your folly51; I have even protected you from a foolish passion that would have unmanned you. As to this girl, the laws of our association must have their course.” So saying, he gave his commands, lots were drawn52, and the helpless girl was abandoned to the troop.
Here the robber paused again, panting with fury and it was some moments before he could resume his story.
Hell, said he, was raging in my heart. I beheld the impossibility of avenging53 myself, and I felt that, according to the articles in which we stood bound to one another, the captain was in the right. I rushed with frenzy from the place. I threw myself upon the earth; tore up the grass with my hands, and beat my head, and gnashed my teeth in agony and rage. When at length I returned, I beheld the wretched victim, pale, dishevelled; her dress torn and disordered. An emotion of pity for a moment subdued54 my fiercer feelings. I bore her to the foot of a tree, and leaned her gently against it. I took my gourd55, which was filled with wine, and applying it to her lips, endeavored to make her swallow a little. To what a condition was she recovered! She, whom I had once seen the pride of Frosinone, who but a short time before I had beheld sporting in her father’s vineyard, so fresh and beautiful and happy! Her teeth were clenched56; her eyes fixed57 on the ground; her form without motion, and in a state of absolute insensibility. I hung over her in an agony of recollection of all that she had been, and of anguish58 at what I now beheld her. I darted round a look of horror at my companions, who seemed like so many fiends exulting59 in the downfall of an angel, and I felt a horror at myself for being their accomplice60.
The captain, always suspicious, saw with his usual penetration61 what was passing within me, and ordered me to go upon the ridge62 of woods to keep a look-out upon the neighborhood and await the return of the shepherd. I obeyed, of course, stifling63 the fury that raged within me, though I felt for the moment that he was my most deadly foe64.
On my way, however, a ray of reflection came across my mind. I perceived that the captain was but following with strictness the terrible laws to which we had sworn fidelity65. That the passion by which I had been blinded might with justice have been fatal to me but for his forbearance; that he had penetrated66 my soul, and had taken precautions, by sending me out of the way, to prevent my committing any excess in my anger. From that instant I felt that I was capable of pardoning him.
Occupied with these thoughts, I arrived at the foot of the mountain. The country was solitary67 and secure; and in a short time I beheld the shepherd at a distance crossing the plain. I hastened to meet him. He had obtained nothing. He had found the father plunged68 in the deepest distress69. He had read the letter with violent emotion, and then calming himself with a sudden exertion70, he had replied coldly, “My daughter has been dishonored by those wretches71; let her be returned without ransom, or let her die!”
I shuddered72 at this reply. I knew, according to the laws of our troop, her death was inevitable73. Our oaths required it. I felt, nevertheless, that, not having been able to have her to myself, I could become her executioner!
The robber again paused with agitation74. I sat musing75 upon his last Frightful76 words, which proved to what excess the passions may be carried when escaped from all moral restraint. There was a horrible verity77 in this story that reminded me of some of the tragic78 fictions of Danté.
We now came to a fatal moment, resumed the bandit. After the report of the shepherd, I returned with him, and the chieftain received from his lips the refusal of the father. At a signal, which we all understood, we followed him some distance from the victim. He there pronounced her sentence of death. Every one stood ready to execute his order; but I interfered79. I observed that there was something due to pity, as well as to justice. That I was as ready as any one to approve the implacable law which was to serve as a warning to all those who hesitated to pay the ransoms80 demanded for our prisoners, but that, though the sacrifice was proper, it ought to be made without cruelty. The night is approaching, continued I; she will soon be wrapped in sleep; let her then be despatched. All that I now claim on the score of former fondness for her is, let me strike the blow. I will do it as surely, but more tenderly than another.
Several raised their voices against my proposition, but the captain Imposed silence on them. He told me I might conduct her into a thicket81 at some distance, and he relied upon my promise.
I hastened to seize my prey82. There was a forlorn kind of triumph at having at length become her exclusive possessor. I bore her off into the thickness of the forest. She remained in the same state of insensibility and stupor83. I was thankful that she did not recollect10 me; for had she once murmured my name, I should have been overcome. She slept at length in the arms of him who was to poniard her. Many were the conflicts I underwent before I could bring myself to strike the blow. My heart had become sore by the recent conflicts it had undergone, and I dreaded lest, by procrastination85, some other should become her executioner. When her repose86 had continued for some time, I separated myself gently from her, that I might not disturb her sleep, and seizing suddenly my poniard, plunged it into her bosom. A painful and concentrated murmur84, but without any convulsive movement, accompanied her last sigh. So perished this unfortunate.
He ceased to speak. I sat horror-struck, covering my face with my hands, seeking, as it were, to hide from myself the frightful images he had presented to my mind. I was roused from this silence by the voice of the captain. “You sleep,” said he, “and it is time to be off. Come, we must abandon this height, as night is setting in, and the messenger is not returned. I will post some one on the mountain edge, to conduct him to the place where we shall pass the night.”
This was no agreeable news to me. I was sick at heart with the dismal87 story I had heard. I was harassed88 and fatigued89, and the sight of the banditti began to grow insupportable to me.
The captain assembled his comrades. We rapidly descended91 the forest which we had mounted with so much difficulty in the morning, and soon arrived in what appeared to be a frequented road. The robbers proceeded with great caution, carrying their guns cocked, and looking on every side with wary92 and suspicious eyes. They were apprehensive93 of encountering the civic94 patrole. We left Rocca Priori behind us. There was a fountain near by, and as I was excessively thirsty, I begged permission to stop and drink. The captain himself went, and brought me water in his hat. We pursued our route, when, at the extremity95 of an alley96 which crossed the road, I perceived a female on horseback, dressed in white. She was alone. I recollected97 the fate of the poor girl in the story, and trembled for her safety.
One of the brigands saw her at the same instant, and plunging98 into the bushes, he ran precipitately99 in the direction towards her. Stopping on the border of the alley, he put one knee to the ground, presented his carbine ready for menace, or to shoot her horse if she attempted to fly, and in this way awaited her approach. I kept my eyes fixed on her with intense anxiety. I felt tempted to shout, and warn her of her danger, though my own destruction would have been the consequence. It was awful to see this tiger crouching100 ready for a bound, and the poor innocent victim wandering unconsciously near him. Nothing but a mere101 chance could save her. To my joy, the chance turned in her favor. She seemed almost accidentally to take an opposite path, which led outside of the wood, where the robber dare not venture. To this casual deviation102 she owed her safety.
I could not imagine why the captain of the band had ventured to such a distance from the height, on which he had placed the sentinel to watch the return of the messengers. He seemed himself uneasy at the risk to which he exposed himself. His movements were rapid and uneasy; I could scarce keep pace with him. At length, after three hours of what might be termed a forced march, we mounted the extremity of the same woods, the summit of which we had occupied during the day; and I learnt with satisfaction, that we had reached our quarters for the night.
“You must be fatigued,” said the chieftain; “but it was necessary to survey the environs, so as not to be surprised during the night. Had we met with the famous civic guard of Rocca Priori you would have seen fine sport.” Such was the indefatigable103 precaution and forethought of this robber chief, who really gave continual evidences of military talent.
The night was magnificent. The moon rising above the horizon in a cloudless sky, faintly lit up the grand features of the mountains, while lights twinkling here and there, like terrestrial stars, in the wide, dusky expanse of the landscape, betrayed the lonely cabins of the shepherds. Exhausted104 by fatigue90, and by the many agitations105 I had experienced, I prepared to sleep, soothed106 by the hope of approaching deliverance. The captain ordered his companions to collect some dry moss107; he arranged with his own hands a kind of mattress108 and pillow of it, and gave me his ample mantle109 as a covering. I could not but feel both surprised and gratified by such unexpected attentions on the part of this benevolent110 cut-throat: for there is nothing more striking than to find the ordinary charities, which are matters of course in common life, flourishing by the side of such stern and sterile111 crime. It is like finding the tender flowers and fresh herbage of the valley growing among the rocks and cinders112 of the volcano.
Before I fell asleep, I had some farther discourse113 with the captain, who seemed to put great confidence in me. He referred to our previous conversation of the morning; told me he was weary of his hazardous profession; that he had acquired sufficient property, and was anxious to return to the world and lead a peaceful life in the bosom of his family. He wished to know whether it was not in my power to procure114 him a passport for the United States of America. I applauded his good intentions, and promised to do everything in my power to promote its success. We then parted for the night. I stretched myself upon my couch of moss, which, after my fatigues115, felt like a bed of down, and sheltered by the robber’s mantle from all humidity, I slept soundly without waking, until the signal to arise.
It was nearly six o’clock, and the day was just dawning. As the place where we had passed the night was too much exposed, we moved up into the thickness of the woods. A fire was kindled116. While there was any flame, the mantles117 were again extended round it; but when nothing remained but glowing cinders, they were lowered, and the robbers seated themselves in a circle.
The scene before me reminded me of some of those described by Homer. There wanted only the victim on the coals, and the sacred knife, to cut off the succulent parts, and distribute them around. My companions might have rivalled the grim warriors118 of Greece. In place of the noble repasts, however, of Achilles and Agamemnon, I beheld displayed on the grass the remains119 of the ham which had sustained so vigorous an attack on the preceding evening, accompanied by the reliques of the bread, cheese, and wine.
We had scarcely commenced our frugal120 breakfast, when I heard again an Imitation of the bleating121 of sheep, similar to what I had heard the day before. The captain answered it in the same tone. Two men were soon after seen descending122 from the woody height, where we had passed the preceding evening. On nearer approach, they proved to be the sentinel and the messenger. The captain rose and went to meet them. He made a signal for his comrades to join him. They had a short conference, and then returning to me with eagerness, “Your ransom is paid,” said he; “you are free!”
Though I had anticipated deliverance, I cannot tell you what a rush of delight these tidings gave me. I cared not to finish my repast, but prepared to depart. The captain took me by the hand; requested permission to write to me, and begged me not to forget the passport. I replied, that I hoped to be of effectual service to him, and that I relied on his honor to return the prince’s note for five hundred dollars, now that the cash was paid. He regarded me for a moment with surprise; then, seeming to recollect himself, “E giusto,” said he, “eccoloadio!”[1] He delivered me the note, pressed my hand once more, and we separated. The laborers123 were permitted to follow me, and we resumed with joy our road towards Tusculum.
[1] It is just—there it is—adieu!
The artist ceased to speak; the party continued for a few moments to pace the shore of Terracina in silence. The story they had heard had made a deep impression on them, particularly on the fair Venetian, who had gradually regained124 her husband’s arm. At the part that related to the young girl of Frosinone, she had been violently affected125; sobs126 broke from her; she clung close to her husband, and as she looked up to him as if for protection, the moon-beams shining on her beautifully fair countenance127 showed it paler than usual with terror, while tears glittered in her fine dark eyes. “O caro mio!” would she murmur, shuddering128 at every atrocious circumstance of the story.
“Corragio, mia vita!” was the reply, as the husband gently and fondly tapped the white hand that lay upon his arm.
She had pardoned him a want of gallantry towards herself, though a sin of omission131 seldom met with in the gallant130 climate of Italy, but the quiet coolness which he maintained in matters which so much affected her, and the slow credence132 which he had given to the stories which had filled her with alarm, were quite vexatious.
“Santa Maria!” said she to husband as they retired133 for the night, “what insensible beings these English are!”
The procaccio had departed at day-break, on its route towards Rome, but the Englishman was yet to start, and the departure of an English equipage is always enough to keep an inn in a bustle. On this occasion there was more than usual stir; for the Englishman having much property about him, and having been convinced of the real danger of the road, had applied135 to the police and obtained, by dint136 of liberal pay, an escort of eight dragoons and twelve foot-soldiers, as far as Fondi.
Perhaps, too, there might have been a little ostentation137 at bottom, from which, with great delicacy138 be it spoken, English travellers are not always exempt139; though to say the truth, he had nothing of it in his manner. He moved about taciturn and reserved as usual, among the gaping140 crowd in his gingerbread-colored travelling cap, with his hands in his pockets. He gave laconic141 orders to John as he packed away the thousand and one indispensable conveniencies of the night, double loaded his pistols with great sang-froid, and deposited them in the pockets of the carriage, taking no notice of a pair of keen eyes gazing on him from among the herd41 of loitering idlers. The fair Venetian now came up with a request made in her dulcet142 tones, that he would permit their carriage to proceed under protection of his escort. The Englishman, who was busy loading another pair of pistols for his servant, and held the ramrod between his teeth, nodded assent143 as a matter of course, but without lifting up his eyes. The fair Venetian was not accustomed to such indifference144. “O Dio!” ejaculated she softly as she retired, “como sono freddi questi Inglesi.” At length off they set in gallant style, the eight dragoons prancing145 in front, the twelve foot-soldiers marching in rear, and carriages moving slowly in the centre to enable the infantry146 to keep pace with them. They had proceeded but a few hundred yards when it was discovered that some indispensable article had been left behind.
In fact, the Englishman’s purse was missing, and John was despatched to the inn to search for it.
This occasioned a little delay, and the carriage of the Venetians drove slowly on. John came back out of breath and out of humor; the purse was not to be found; his master was irritated; he recollected the very place where it lay; the cursed Italian servant had pocketed it. John was again sent back. He returned once more, without the purse, but with the landlord and the whole household at his heels. A thousand ejaculations and protestations, accompanied by all sorts of grimaces147 and contortions148. “No purse had been seen—his excellenza must be mistaken.”
No—his excellenza was not mistaken; the purse lay on the marble table, under the mirror: a green purse, half full of gold and silver. Again a thousand grimaces and contortions, and vows149 by San Genario, that no purse of the kind had been seen.
The Englishman became furious. “The waiter had pocketed it. The landlord was a knave150. The inn a den4 of thieves—it was a d——d country—he had been cheated and plundered151 from one end of it to the other—but he’d have satisfaction—he’d drive right off to the police.”
He was on the point of ordering the postilions to turn back, when, on rising, he displaced the cushion of the carriage, and the purse of money fell chinking to the floor.
All the blood in his body seemed to rush into his face. “D—n the purse,” said he, as he snatched it up. He dashed a handful of money on the ground before the pale, cringing152 waiter. “There—be off,” cried he; “John, order the postilions to drive on.”
Above half an hour had been exhausted in this altercation153. The Venetian carriage had loitered along; its passengers looking out from time to time, and expecting the escort every moment to follow. They had gradually turned an angle of the road that shut them out of sight. The little army was again in motion, and made a very picturesque154 appearance as it wound along at the bottom of the rocks; the morning sunshine beaming upon the weapons of soldiery.
The Englishman lolled back in his carriage, vexed155 with himself at what had passed, and consequently out of humor with all the world. As this, however, is no uncommon156 case with gentlemen who travel for their pleasure, it is hardly worthy157 of remark.
They had wound up from the coast among the hills, and came to a part of the road that admitted of some prospect158 ahead.
“I see nothing of the lady’s carriage, sir,” said John, leaning over from the coach box.
“Hang the lady’s carriage!” said the Englishman, crustily; “don’t plague me about the lady’s carriage; must I be continually pestered159 with strangers?”
John said not another word, for he understood his master’s mood. The road grew more wild and lonely; they were slowly proceeding160 in a foot pace up a hill; the dragoons were some distance ahead, and had just reached the summit of the hill, when they uttered an exclamation161, or rather shout, and galloped162 forward. The Englishman was aroused from his sulky revery. He stretched his head from the carriage, which had attained163 the brow of the hill. Before him extended a long hollow defile164, commanded on one side by rugged165, precipitous heights, covered with bushes and scanty166 forest trees. At some distance he beheld the carriage of the Venitians overturned; a numerous gang of desperadoes were rifling it; the young man and his servant were overpowered and partly stripped, and the lady was in the hands of two of the ruffians.
The Englishman seized his pistols, sprang from his carriage, and called upon John to follow him. In the meantime, as the dragoons came forward, the robbers who were busy with the carriage quitted their spoil, formed themselves in the middle of the road, and taking deliberate aim, fired. One of the dragoons fell, another was wounded, and the whole were for a moment checked and thrown in confusion. The robbers loaded again in an instant. The dragoons had discharged their carbines, but without apparent effect; they received another volley, which, though none fell, threw them again into confusion. The robbers were loading a second time, when they saw the foot soldiers at hand.—“Scampa via!” was the word. They abandoned their prey, and retreated up the rocks; the soldiers after them. They fought from cliff to cliff, and bush to bush, the robbers turning every now and then to fire upon their pursuers; the soldiers scrambling167 after them, and discharging their muskets168 whenever they could get a chance. Sometimes a soldier or a robber was shot down, and came tumbling Among the cliffs. The dragoons kept firing from below, whenever a robber came in sight.
The Englishman hastened to the scene of action, and the balls discharged at the dragoons had whistled past him as he advanced. One object, however, engrossed169 his attention. It was the beautiful Venetian lady in the hands of two of the robbers, who, during the confusion of the fight, carried her shrieking170 up the mountains. He saw her dress gleaming among the bushes, and he sprang up the rocks to intercept171 the robbers as they bore off their prey. The ruggedness172 of the steep and the entanglements173 of the bushes, delayed and impeded174 him. He lost sight of the lady, but was still guided by her cries, which grew fainter and fainter. They were off to the left, while the report of muskets showed that the battle was raging to the right.
At length he came upon what appeared to be a rugged footpath175, faintly worn in a gully of the rock, and beheld the ruffians at some distance hurrying the lady up the defile. One of them hearing his approach let go his prey, advanced towards him, and levelling the carbine which had been slung176 on his back, fired. The ball whizzed through the Englishman’s hat, and carried with it some of his hair. He returned the fire with one of his pistols, and the robber fell. The other brigand26 now dropped the lady, and drawing a long pistol from his belt, fired on his adversary177 with deliberate aim; the ball passed between his left arm and his side, slightly wounding the arm. The Englishman advanced and discharged his remaining pistol, which wounded the robber, but not severely178. The brigand drew a stiletto, and rushed upon his adversary, who eluded179 the blow, receiving merely a slight wound, and defending himself with his pistol, which had a spring bayonet. They closed with one another, and a desperate struggle ensued. The robber was a square-built, thick-set, man, powerful, muscular, and active. The Englishman, though of larger frame and greater strength, was less active and less accustomed to athletic180 exercises and feats181 of hardihood, but he showed himself practised and skilled in the art of defence. They were on a craggy height, and the Englishman perceived that his antagonist182 was striving to press him to the edge.
A side glance showed him also the robber whom he had first wounded, Scrambling up to the assistance of his comrade, stiletto in hand. He had, in fact, attained the summit of the cliff, and the Englishman saw him within a few steps, when he heard suddenly the report of a pistol and the ruffian fell. The shot came from John, who had arrived just in time to save his master.
The remaining robber, exhausted by loss of blood and the violence of the contest, showed signs of faltering. His adversary pursued his advantage; pressed on him, and as his strength relaxed, dashed him headlong from the precipice183. He looked after him and saw him lying motionless among the rocks below.
The Englishman now sought the fair Venetian. He found her senseless on the ground. With his servant’s assistance he bore her down to the road, where her husband was raving184 like one distracted.
The occasional discharge of fire-arms along the height showed that a Retreating fight was still kept up by the robbers. The carriage was righted; the baggage was hastily replaced; the Venetian, transported with joy and gratitude185, took his lovely and senseless burthen in his arms, and the party resumed their route towards Fondi, escorted by the dragoons, leaving the foot soldiers to ferret out the banditti. While on the way John dressed his master’s wounds, which were found not to be serious.
Before arriving at Fondi the fair Venetian had recovered from her swoon, and was made conscious of her safety and of the mode of her deliverance. Her transports were unbounded; and mingled186 with them were enthusiastic ejaculations of gratitude to her deliverer. A thousand times did she reproach herself for having accused him of coldness and insensibility. The moment she saw him she rushed into his arms, and clasped him round the neck with all the vivacity187 of her nation.
Never was man more embarrassed by the embraces of a fine woman.
“My deliverer! my angel!” exclaimed she.
“Tut! tut!” said the Englishman.
“Pooh—nothing at all!”
“Pooh!” exclaimed the Englishman, looking somewhat foolish; “this is all nonsense.”
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altercation
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