Chapter 45
Early March 1062 (454 from the Hegira) hills of central Sicily
The myth of Corrado crumbled in the hearts of the men who had hitherto supported it just as dry clay crumbles with the passage of the plow. Jafar himself, his loyalist, began to believe that his trust in the Norman of Sicily had been misplaced; he was convinced of it ... Nadira's curse had completely hit Corrado!
Nadira instead overflowed with gratitude towards her savior, and said many times, to herself, that she would have liked Umar to be alive to make him change his mind about the goodness of the Christian of Rabaḍ. However, she suffered from the treason she was preparing to inflict on the one who had rescued her twice now. As soon as she was free, in fact, Nadira would make sure to surrender spontaneously to
