CHAPTER 21
Do you want to be a great? Start with being small.
Do you want to erect a building that reaches up to the sky?
First build the foundation of humility.
(Saint Augustine)
The air at the end of August was clear and a pleasant breeze caressed the countryside around Jesi. Andrea had left Senigallia early in the morning, he had not even allowed himself a brief stop in Montalboddo, bypassing the imposing defensive walls. Walking along the road close to the city walls, he had raised the banner with the insignia of the Duke Della Rovere, to be recognized by the guards in the stands, he had passed the village and continued in the fast ride towards his city, towards Jesi. He was alone, he felt lonely, he had lost his best friends in a battle as ignoble as it was insulting. And now he
