ABSTRACT
The horsemen approached; a turn in the path concealed them, until they were full upon her; and then she saw Castruccio and Tripalda advance. Castruccio, surprised at what he saw, leaped from his horse; and his example was followed by his attendants. Castruccio thought that he knew that smile; but Tripalda, leaving the witch, pressed in among those who were about her. The presence of Tripalda was to her the sign of diabolical interference; she believed him dead; that it was his spirit which then appeared; and, if so, it was also an unreal form, the resemblance of Castruccio alone, that she beheld. Euthanasia wished that her funeral should be private and unnoticed; but Castruccio insisted that it should be attended with every circumstance of pomp used in those days.
