Excerpt from The Justice of the Duke He was dressed from head to foot in black; but through the slashings of his velvet doublet gleamed the rich yellow of an undervest of cloth-oi - gold a ruby studded girdle gripped his loins, and on his hip hung a heavy gold-hilted Pistoia dagger in a golden sheath of cunning workmanship. His tawny head was bare. Again came never so faintly the creak of that stealthy footstep behind him, and again it went unperceived. Nor yet did Cesare move when another and heavier tread rang on the staircase mounting to his room. Absorbed he continued his survey of Varamo's camp. The door was opened and reclosed. Someone had entered and was approaching him. Still he did not stir yet without stirring he spoke, addressing the new comer by name. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.