Maurice Hewlett

Name: Brazenhead in Milan — Chapter V
Author: Maurice Hewlett

Brazenhead in Milan — Chapter V (1909)

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“Brazenhead in Milan — Chapter V”, published in 1909, is a work by Maurice Hewlett. It explores elements such as Brazenhead, Lisciasangue and Camus.

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Maurice Hewlett, Brazenhead in Milan — Chapter V (1909)

“ The choice is yours."
"What is this?" the prisoner stammered, and then he panted like a dog.
"Battle, my son," said Captain Brazenhead; "bloody, beauteous battle. No one is by; we have a fair field. You know the ground and are the younger man; but maybe I am in better fettle. I see that you have courage, and tell you fairly that I have some. To it, gamester, and the best throw wins."
The prisoner sobbed, then laughed aloud. "Oh, wonder!" he cried deliriously; "I had thought you my executioner."
"So I am," said Captain Brazenhead; "make no mistake." ”

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Maurice Hewlett, Brazenhead in Milan — Chapter V (1909)

“ Captain Brazenhead, sitting stiffly by the wall, nursed his leg in silence. His mood was short, his method precise. "Is he but one, then? Do you pit me to one man?" He frowned. "His offence!" was his next question, and he was told, deer-stealing in the Duke's park of Marignano. It shocked him out of his dignity. "What!" he cried. "Am I to embellish a man out of the world for a collop of venison? Let the hangman deal with him; let him dance in the air—or you will ask me next to whip dogs."
Gelsomino said: "As you will. 'Tis pity you fly off so fast, for this is a great fellow of his hands. ”

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Maurice Hewlett, Brazenhead in Milan — Chapter V (1909)

“ It is the misfortune of such gentlemen, when their imaginations are ardent and habit sanguine, that they can be seduced more easily by a phrase than by all the sensible temptations of Saint Anthony the Abbot. If the kindling of noble rage by a neat allocution can ever be called a misfortune, so it was with Captain Brazenhead—that when his prospects seemed most fair he told himself that all was still to do. ”

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Maurice Hewlett, Brazenhead in Milan — Chapter V (1909)

“ But the other's head remained bowed, and he kept to his knees.
"Little man," said Captain Brazenhead, "I am waiting. Lift up your head and play the soldier."
The prisoner replied: "I conceive that I play that best by suffering what I cannot avoid." Nevertheless he raised his head. "You intend to murder me," he continued. "I have commended my soul to God, and bow my body to necessity, not to you."
"Bow not at all, by Cock!" said Captain Brazenhead; "but jump up, minion, and play with me. What! we are only young once, so who says die?" ”

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Maurice Hewlett, Brazenhead in Milan — Chapter V (1909)

“ Admirers crowded about him, to pledge and be pledged in cups, and he learned that the dead man in life had been Lisciasangue, assassin to the Duke of Milan, one of "a Mystery of Three Murderers." His Grace's condition was indeed deplorable, robbed of one-third of his assassins. "I see the aged monarch," mused Captain Brazenhead, overheard by a sympathetic throng, "maimed, as you might say, of his right hand. ”

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Maurice Hewlett, Brazenhead in Milan — Chapter V (1909)

“ Comfortable quarters and free table, a livery all of red, with a mask for business purposes, flattering attentions from lackeys of all sorts, partnership with two such ruffians, Camus and Gelsomino, as never, even in his experience, had tainted the air before—what could a soldier of fortune want with more? ”

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Maurice Hewlett, Brazenhead in Milan — Chapter V (1909)

“ He was, clearly, a virtuoso; he collected murders as other men bronzes. Captain Brazenhead, therefore, was to excel; it was little use to offer such a master anything but the best of its kind. "Kill," said Camus, "but be eloquent above all. Be a poet, brother." ”

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Maurice Hewlett, Brazenhead in Milan — Chapter V (1909)

“ But we have a blade with a double crook in it, a narrow steel, sinuous, like a watersnake. I recommend it. We call it The Horseleech's Daughter—a happy name, I think. Come now, colleague, will you open the ball? There is a fellow in the Tunnel bursting ripe. ”

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