Da Vinci's Cases by Alfred Bekker

Author:Alfred Bekker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BookRix
Published: 2016-12-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7: The Man with the Black Beard

First, you could only hear the pounding of hooves, then the rider emerged from behind a hill and finally disappeared back in the shadow of some trees for a short time.

A cloak was flowing behind him like a banner. He was wearing a leather cap with feather headdress. When he emerged from the shadows of the trees, he was close enough so that the arquebus and the sword could be seen. The harquebus hung on a belt, which he had knotted to the pommel.

His face was clearly visible. He wore a black beard and reined in.

"I bet that was one of the guys," Leonardo whispered to his friend. "After all, you can’t find so many people with arquebuses out here!"

The horse climbed on his hind legs, but its rider got it back under control immediately. Slowly stepping the animal came closer and the man with the black beard was looking penetrating at the two boys from top to bottom.

Leonardo and Carlo freezed.

The rider with the black beard pushed his leather cap in the neck. Among them he was slightly sweating. Leonardo was very relieved that the guy could not just use his arquebus at the moment. For this he would first have had to light a fire and burn a fuse. But apart from the gun he was also still carrying a sword. Leonardo looked at the boots. They were dusty. The boy was looking for characteristics that he might be able to recognize. Noticeable scratches on the leather, for example – or whether the spurs lacked one point.

But Leonardo could not say with certainty whether it was one of the bandits who had been involved in the attack on Master Andrea’s mill.

"What are you two doing around here?" he asked. This voice!

Leonardo was at that moment absolutely sure that he recognized this voice. This was nobody else than the guy who had stood at the screw press destroying it by several shots!

Leonardo remembered very well the spiteful comments he had thereby brought about the lips – as well as the desperation of Master Andrea.

Leonardo swallowed.

He looked to the side and exchanged a glance with Carlo, whose eyes were wide in fear. Obviously, Carlo had recognized the voice, too.

"We are going here just our way," said Leonardo, trying to keep his voice so impartially and calmly as possible. He was sure that the rider with the black beard had also recognized him and Carlo. He got off his horse and threw back the mantle. His right hand went to the hilt, while he held the reins with his left hand. "Nevertheless strange that two kids like you can be found alone in the wilderness," he said. "That's not safe! There are certainly robbers and bandits in the surroundings."

"We'll take care of us," promised Leonardo. They really had to avoid the impression that they have recognized the rider – otherwise they were supposed to be in the soup. "Allow me also a question, Mr .

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