CHAPTER 16
Fortune helps the braves
(Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Rocca di Mondavio, in its majesty, was already awe-inspiring from several leagues away to anyone approaching from the Cesano Valley. Andrea and Gesualdo had just given themselves a brief restorative stop in Montalboddo, and they immediately left again, climbing over the hill of Corinaldo, without approaching the town at all, to descend again into the Cesano valley and aim directly at the fortress of Mondavio. The Duke Della Rovere was waiting for them for the average hour, and it was not really the case to arrive late. Vain hope to be greeted in front of a table set. The sentinels had the two friends dismounted from their horses near the drawbridge, and took their horses to the stables. Then one of the guards, without utterin
