Chapter 28

Giannotto was silent. He could not imagine Mastino della Scala a beggar at any prince's court. But Visconti, blinded and absorbed by hatred, continued unheedingly: "Carrara also, the Duke of Padua, is too necessary to the Estes. They cannot stand without him. Will he, thinkest thou, ever be won over to side with Mastino? No, Giannotto, I do not fear him. Let Della Scala live robbed of all,--and with Count Conrad as an ally!" "Shall we then dismiss him, my lord?" ventured Giannotto smoothly; "he who is not worth fea…