CHAPTER 14
Eating well is the most satisfying time.
Staying in the company of friends and sleeping is a
necessity for every man, whether noble or plebeian.
From Cremona to Bergamo, Andrea and Franz did not find the route as easy as the previous day. Once the area of cultivated fields was finished, they started to go up the course of the Adda river inside a thick wood of willows, oaks and elms. Shy rays of autumn sun occasionally ventured to illuminate isolated glades. Sudden fogs rose in dancing volutes as the road approached the banks of the river. Ideal places to be ambushed by malicious criminals. Out of nowhere could come out gangs of dangerous Lansquenets, but also of common bandits. Franz was very shrewd and always noticed human presences in advance. When it came to his fellow co
