Widow of Jerusalem: a Medieval Mystery
“Why, this is the best fooling, when all is done. Now a song!
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, TWELFTH NIGHT, II.iii “And that was it?” exclaimed Claudia, startling Portia into crying.
We stopped and dismounted so that she could soothe and nurse the baby.
We had left the Adige river behind at Bozen and were now following the path of the Isarco, hoping to reach the hospice at Brixen by sunset. It was the same route that the Romans had once used to go from Verona to Innsbruck, the old per vallem T...ridentinum. It was the easiest of the passes through the Alps, which was a good thing for us, lacking the elephants Hannibal used for the western passage.
It had been perhaps ten days since we left Niccolo. The rivers were getting some snow melt even now, but the road wasn’t too muddy and the horses got through without much complaint. We had switched our guises back to those of returning pilgrims, realizing that merchants without goods would arouse undue suspicion from the toll-collectors.MoreLess
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, TWELFTH NIGHT, II.iii “And that was it?” exclaimed Claudia, startling Portia into crying.
We stopped and dismounted so that she could soothe and nurse the baby.
We had left the Adige river behind at Bozen and were now following the path of the Isarco, hoping to reach the hospice at Brixen by sunset. It was the same route that the Romans had once used to go from Verona to Innsbruck, the old per vallem T...ridentinum. It was the easiest of the passes through the Alps, which was a good thing for us, lacking the elephants Hannibal used for the western passage.
It had been perhaps ten days since we left Niccolo. The rivers were getting some snow melt even now, but the road wasn’t too muddy and the horses got through without much complaint. We had switched our guises back to those of returning pilgrims, realizing that merchants without goods would arouse undue suspicion from the toll-collectors.MoreLess
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