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The duke stood and held out his arrandfather’s wily, ily
“If you send your man to the small shed behind the stables,” the duke told Will as he released Allegra, “he will find a horse and carriage Now, off with you both”
Crossing to his desk, the duke took a fat pouch jingling with coins froift for your wedding day You should reach the village on the road to Rohtfall Stop at the Inn of the Crossroads and tell Phillipo you are uests”
“But what of ra asked “Is there not to be a public scene?”
The duke displayed what on a lesser rin “Indeed! When I su and you cannot be found, there will be such a scene, no one at the palazzo is likely ever to forget it I shall roar and fume! Gnash my teeth, curse your name and banish you forever Ah, such a perfor forward to it The Austrian will never be able to say we Antinoris do not prize our honor, or that we stood in the way of his desires You will be safe, my child, and the Antinori land as well”
Shaking her head, Allegra chuckled “You truly are a rascal, Grandfather”
“No, ’tis you English who are knaves!” the duke said solehter and e!”
“How can we thank you enough, sir?” Will asked
“Make land for which she pines and build a life Write to one like the rest, co me your children to bless”
Taking Allegra’s hand, he put it in Will’s “Go with hio with God”
She wouldHappiness swelled Allegra’s heart so that, were it not for the sadness of leaving her grandfather, she felt she ht float up to the clouds
“It seeue’s lady,” she told Will after kissing the duke goodbye and asking him to convey her love to Alessandro “Shall we find that carriage, my love?”
“I feel a wave of cri to the duke, he led her away
They slipped through the silent halls as daylight faded toward dusk Will found Barrows and sent hie
As the household began stirring, they tiptoed through the private garden beside the duke’s wing that would lead them unobserved to the stables Frooodbye
Hand in hand, while the rays of the setting sun turned the fountain’s spray to a sparkle of gold, Allegra and Will walked to the waiting carriage and into their future
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