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    Release dateJul 17, 2017
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    Max Brand® (1892–1944) is the best-known pen name of widely acclaimed author Frederick Faust, creator of Destry, Dr. Kildare, and other beloved fictional characters. Orphaned at an early age, he studied at the University of California, Berkeley. He became one of the most prolific writers of our time but abandoned writing at age fifty-one to become a war correspondent in World War II, where he was killed while serving in Italy.

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      The Great Betrayal by Max Brand - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) - Max Brand

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      The Great Betrayal

      CONTENTS

      CHAPTER I.

      CHAPTER II.

      CHAPTER III.

      CHAPTER IV.

      CHAPTER V.

      CHAPTER V (Continued).

      CHAPTER VI.

      CHAPTER VII.

      CHAPTER VIII.

      CHAPTER IX.

      CHAPTER X.

      CHAPTER XI.

      CHAPTER XI (Continued).

      CHAPTER XII.

      CHAPTER XIII.

      CHAPTER XIV.

      CHAPTER XV.

      CHAPTER XVI.

      CHAPTER XVII.

      CHAPTER XVIII.

      CHAPTER XIX.

      The magazine in which the novel first appeared in February 1935

      THE GREAT BETRAYAL

      BY GEORGE CHALLIS

      AUTHOR of The Naked Blade, The Firebrand, etc.

      CHAPTER I.

      TIZZO RIDES TO BEATRICE.

      TO THE CREDIT of Tizzo there stood a number of things for a man who was not much past twenty and who had no more family than a rabbit in the fields.

      Item: five duels with the best blades of the town of Perugia, in all of which ne was the conqueror, through luck and a certain nameless cunning of the hand none had resulted fatally.

      Item: the great favor of Messers Astorre and Giovanpaolo, war lords and battle-leaders of the powerful and ruling house of the Baglioni.

      Item: a purse filled either by his patrons, the Baglioni, or by clearheaded gambling, or by the wealth of his foster-father, Luigi Falcone; a purse worn out by these emptyings and fillings.

      Item: handsome lodgings in the inn.

      Item: a one-eyed cut-throat with a patch on his face, a leering smile, and the cunning of the devil, named Elia and devoted to the service of Master Tizzo.

      Item: a head of hair which, being cut short to accommodate a helmet; looked a little less burning red than in younger days when it had gained him the name of Tizzo, the Spark.

      Item: eyes the color of the blue of flame.

      Item: an engagement to meet this night, under the moon, in the summer house of the country estate of Astorre Baglioni outside the city, the beautiful sister of Messer Astorre, the Lady Beatrice.

      Of all of these articles in his favor, young Tizzo was most burningly aware. For the blue flame of his eyes showed him one who was enjoying the full savor of life to the very roots of his palate. He was this evening dressing with care, helped busily by Elia Bigi. He had drawn on long purple hose, a green doublet heavily embroidered with crimson, green shoes of soft leather that came half way up the calf of his leg; he had belted on his sword which was balanced at the right hip by a dagger. Scabbard of both sword and dagger were enhanced by rich golden chasings. Over his neck he hung a chain of massive gold, each link variously and curiously worked by a Florentine goldsmith, and supporting an intaglio which showed the noble profile of the famous Giovanpaolo, that Achilles of the condottieri of Italy. He was now swinging over his shoulders a black cloak which shone with an elaborate arabesqueing in silver when a messenger came to the door with a letter.

      When Elia gave him the letter, he was about to throw it aside, but his eye saw the arms of the Bardi stamped into the seal and therefore he knew that it was a missive from his dearest friend in the entire city. So he opened the letter and read:

      "To my brother Tizzo, given in haste from my house; greetings, life, happiness, honor.

      "Tizzo, go not where you have willed to go on this night. Let your heart sleep. Do not follow it.

      "Ask me no more for my meaning or for the source of my information.

      "If I were free to come to you, I would be with you now and beg you on my bended knees to stay at home.

      "If ever you entered my house like a brave angel from heaven; if ever you saved me from a foul death beyond the holy hand of the church, alone, desperate, hateful to men; if ever I have sworn to you the eternal love of a brother for a brother, believe me now, ask me nothing, and lie quietly in your chamber tonight. It is your time of danger. If it passes, tomorrow will dawn brightly and the rest of your life may be spent in peace.

      "Farewell. My heart burns with anxiety. Be wise. Be prudent.

      With all the blood of my body, thine,— Antonio."

      When Tizzo had finished the reading, he was so overwhelmed that he threw himself into a chair and bowed his head.

      Elia, that hardy brigand, muttered: You have lost a good legacy, at least. But take a glass of wine and lift your head again. There are still throats to be cut and purses to be taken in this jolly old world.

      As he spoke, he poured from a silvered pitcher a goblet of the rich, thick red wine of Tuscany and held out the glass to Tizzo, who took it, tasted it, and pushed it back into the hand of his servant.

      Or if it is merely a woman, said Elia, I can swear that there are others who—

      Be silent! commanded Tizzo.

      He rose and paced the room, thinking aloud.

      He begs me as he loves me. — True, Antonio loves me. ‘Go not where you have willed to go on this night.’ — How should he know where I am to go this night? Beatrice, my beautiful, noble, glorious, generous, brave, gracious, most perfect Beatrice! — Let my heart sleep? How can I let it sleep when it strides like a lion through my body? — Ask not for his source of information, which means that he has it from a high and dangerous authority. — This is my time of danger? No, by God, it is my time of love! — If this night passes in safety — by the Lord, poor Antonio has been visiting an astrologer. Elia!

      Messer Tizzo?

      Do you believe in astrology?

      Well, said Elia, the sky is a large, clean page, and it would be a pity if God had not put some good writing on it, for wise men to read.

      True! said Tizzo.

      HE went to the window and thrust it open to look up past the nearest battlemented heights and into the brightness of the heavens. A wind which never touched the earth made the stars tremble like leaves. Awe fell upon the irreverent soul of Tizzo.

      He murmured: But how could God waste his time to arrange symbols in the high heavens concerning the life of Tizzo?

      Sparks in heaven to speak of a spark on earth, said Elia. How could the stars be better employed than to speak to you, master?

      I shall remain at home.

      The will of God be done, said Elia, grinning behind his master’s back, because he was sure that this safe impulse would not be followed.

      It happened that, at this moment, a sound of music turned a distant corner, the tremor of strings, singing, and the mingled laughter of women. Tizzo threw up his hands.

      I am called! he said. And I must go. ‘Is my horse ready?

      It is, Messer Tizzo.

      Not the mule-headed bay for carrying an armored man, but the chestnut Barb that flies?

      The Barb is saddled. The silver bridle is on him and the yellow housings with the bells.

      Bells? said Tizzo. Well, if they are waiting for me, let them hear me come! But give me that hat with the steel lining.

      And the breastplate of Spanish mail? queried Elia.

      "Yes. Let me have it. — No, I shall not take it. — What manner of man would I be, Elia, if I feared to die?

      Love of her is my armor. Arrows will turn from me tonight."

      I would put my money on a good cross-bow bolt, said Elia, or more still on a knife-thrust aimed at the back, or perhaps a little in a few dozen tiles, dropped from an overhanging roof.

      Tizzo, staring for a moment at his servant, suddenly broke out of the room and ran hastily down the stairs. In the courtyard he found the slender chestnut Barb standing, a gift from the richest of all the Baglioni, that Gridone who was the most fortunate of men, married to the loveliest of ladies, with the whole world of happiness already in his hands, as it seemed. The occasion of the gift hung now beside the saddle in a case of embossed leather, a common woodsman’s axe. The deceptively slender frame of Tizzo had seemed incapable of great efforts and yet with that axe he had cloven the massive jousting helmet, the finest product of the Milanese armorers. It had been put on a horse-post and he had split it from top to bottom with that deft, quick swing which he had learned from Falcone’s foresters in his boyhood. The reward had been a loud exclamation that ran all the rounds of Perugia — and this beautiful Barb mare which now put out her lovely head and whinnied for her new master.

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