Honour Redeemed (2013)
“He turned and grinned when Markham appeared, and pointed to the head of the Moor which was the main device. In profile, the black face, with one white eye, stood out sharply. Looking at it now made certain things obvious: the reaction of the citizens of San Fiorenzo in the Place de Chaumettes, when Bellamy’d saved him from assassination. Likewise the way Magdalena Calheri had taken a strip off her own shirt to bestow on him. The Corsican moor had a bandage round his head, and though blacker eve...n than Bellamy, had a profile which was not dissimilar.
‘Independent Corsica, Lieutenant,’ said Calheri, emerging from the shadows. ‘No cross of St George or Bourbon lilies, just the head of the Moor.’ Markham pointed towards the thin white line at the neck. ‘Is that jewellery he’s wearing, or the sign of decapitation?’ That jibe earned him another dose of Corsican folklore.‘It could be either. Ugo della Colonna defeated the Saracen King Nugalon at the Battle of Mariana.MoreLess
‘Independent Corsica, Lieutenant,’ said Calheri, emerging from the shadows. ‘No cross of St George or Bourbon lilies, just the head of the Moor.’ Markham pointed towards the thin white line at the neck. ‘Is that jewellery he’s wearing, or the sign of decapitation?’ That jibe earned him another dose of Corsican folklore.‘It could be either. Ugo della Colonna defeated the Saracen King Nugalon at the Battle of Mariana.MoreLess
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