“Are you afraid to tell me he has been assassinated?”
“It was an honourable duel.”
“None could match him with the sword.”
“His enemy had nothing but a dagger.”
“Who was his enemy?”
“It is no secret, but I must leave him to say.”
“You were a witness of the fight?”
“I saw it all.”
“The man was one of your party!
“Ah!” exclaimed Vittoria, “lose no time with me, Countess Anna, go to him at once, for though he lived when I left him, he was bleeding; I cannot say that he was not dying, and he has not a friend near.”