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'Itisenough.'
Weclimbedoutandwenttothebody.Wetookitupandboreittothegrave,andreverentlywelaiditin.Pietroplacedacrucifixontheoldmaster'sbreast,andthenwebegantopileintheearth.
Andsowithoutpriests,withoutmourning,inthedeadofnight,andbythedrizzlingrain,wasburiedOrsoOrsi,thegreatheadofthefamily.Inhistimehehadbeenexcellentinwarandinalltheartsofpeace.Hehadbeennotedforhisskillincommerceinpoliticshehadbeenthefirstofhiscity,and,besides,hehadbeenagreatandgenerouspatronofthearts.Buthelivedtoolong,anddiedthusmiserably.
NextdayIsetaboutthinkingwhatIshoulddo.IcouldbeofnomoreusetoanyoneinForliindeed,Ihadneverbeenofuse,forIhadonlystoodbyandwatchedwhilethoseIlovedandhonouredwerebeingputtocrueldeaths.AndnowImustseethatmypresencedidnotharmmykindhosts.Caterinahadthrownintoprisonsomefiftyofthosewhohadt
