Golden Image by Henry Bendow

Author:Henry Bendow
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781908447050
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
Published: 2011-05-28T00:00:00+00:00

With del Moro and Ascanio holding his shoulders and Busbacca leaning on his right knee and Gina on his left, Benvenuto crammed the knuckle of his forefinger into his mouth as the doctor took hold of his calf and foot and began to manipulate them. The grating of the two ends of bone was distinctly audible in the tiny bedroom - until the sound was drowned out by Benvenuto’s yelling.

Arezzo straightened his back.

“Well that’s done. Now we’ll bind it with these splints ….” he took them from the little leather sack he had with him “….and then I’ll be off.”

Arezzo poked the tip of his fore-finger in his ear and scratched vigorously.

“I won’t ask how you got here. I thought you were supposed to be in prison, so as I can get into trouble for helping you, I hope everyone will forget I was here.” He gave a little cough. “There’s the small matter of my fee. One gold crown - no, a doubloon I think in the circumstances.”

He glanced at Benvenuto’s naked body - obviously he had no money on him. “Anyone?” he said, looking first at Ascanio and then at del Moro.

“Yes of course.” Del Moro gave him the two coins. “Will you stay for breakfast?”

“Breakfast? I don’t eat breakfast this time of day. Peasants and labourers eat breakfast this early, not surgeons. I’m going back to bed. Besides,” he said, picking up his medicines, “if the police come, it won’t be breakfast - it’ll be more like the Last Supper.”

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