Chapter 38
Early 1062 (454 from the Hegira) Mileto, Calabria
Roger was formally a vassal of the Guiscard, but he owed a lot to his older brother. In his domains, however, he exercised a power not very different from that of Roberto, even if the Duke was the true absolute master. What Roberto granted to Roger, the latter had already earned it on the field; and soon, between concessions and promises not kept, and territories conquered but not returned, the two brothers de Hauteville would come to a clash. This, however, for the Count was not the time to think about obligations and rights, but about the girl who awaited her in Calabria.
Corrado accompanied her, and after more than twenty-three years he left Sicily to return to the mainland. Father Jacob had assured him that Roger would not
