Chapter 46
Early March 1062 (454 from the Hegira) Ford of Imera
It all happened in a second; not that the events had developed slowly so far; but with regard to what happened when Corrado left Tragina, not even the most skilled reporter, would have been able to easily follow the facts.
In the late afternoon Corrado passed by the village of Rinacium when a woman, a middle-aged woman able to ride a donkey, reached him in all haste that seemed to have left the water to boil on the fire.
Corrado refreshed himself by biting a piece of bread between the counters of the Lombard merchants of the city - who had also come to Maniakes's time - when he heard his name spoken aloud in the crowd.
«I know you, you are the innkeeper's wife. If you have reached me at such a great distance, something mu
