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A trumpet blared beneath the walls of Fabriano, and its brazen voice reached the room of the Palazzo, where Cesare Borgia sat measuring distances on a map and casting up calculations. He laid down the compass at the sound, and raised his head, sharp interest written on his lofty countenance.
"Agabito," said he to the elderly man who had been writing diligently at another table, "that will be the Lord of Camerino."