Chapter 21

He was dressed in the leather doublet of a peasant, coarse and plain, yet very different from the rough attire Francisco wore. He was very handsome, of a sunny, pleasant expression, a quality rarely found among the Italians of Lombardy; and to-day, although prepared for flight, his blond curls were as carefully arranged as though he still shone at the court of Milan. "Messer Francisco is long," he remarked again, and Tomaso turned with a start. "He has doubtless met with unexpected difficulty, lord," he said with s…