The Red Velvet Turnshoe
“Tuscany, on the other hand, was burning up under the heat of the sun. It was not only that. The fires of war made the contado look like a burned-out wasteland. Hildegard lost count of the gutted farms the convoy passed on the way, the fields of blackened wheat, the scorched groves of olives.
It was a relief when the shout went up as soon as the walls of Florence came into view. After many months of plague when its gates were shut, now the fever had receded they were flung wide again. Rose pink ...against the azure sky, the city seemed to float in the fiery haze like a vision.
As they rattled under the stone arch of the Porto Rosso – the Red Gate – a couple of hours later, the tumult of a crowded city echoed deafeningly in the narrow streets and on all sides people jostled round the newly arrived convoy to inspect the travellers. Vendors, militia, guildsmen and apprentices, beggars, of course, churchmen, flagellants: all impeded their progress despite the shouts of the drivers to let them pass.MoreLess
It was a relief when the shout went up as soon as the walls of Florence came into view. After many months of plague when its gates were shut, now the fever had receded they were flung wide again. Rose pink ...against the azure sky, the city seemed to float in the fiery haze like a vision.
As they rattled under the stone arch of the Porto Rosso – the Red Gate – a couple of hours later, the tumult of a crowded city echoed deafeningly in the narrow streets and on all sides people jostled round the newly arrived convoy to inspect the travellers. Vendors, militia, guildsmen and apprentices, beggars, of course, churchmen, flagellants: all impeded their progress despite the shouts of the drivers to let them pass.MoreLess
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