Leonardo and the Death Machine. Robert J. Harris

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mean you will keep my secret?”

      “It’s such an ingenious trick,” said Lucrezia, “I would not want to spoil it any more than I would want to spoil the painting itself. Besides, Lorenzo thinks himself so very clever. This would pay him back prettily for the trick he played on my cousin last week. Poor Giuseppi! Lorenzo and his friends carried his bed from his house while he was sleeping, so that he woke up in the middle of the Piazza Santa Trinita.”

      Sandro fell to his knees and kissed the girl’s hand. “You have the kindness of a saint!”

      “I don’t know about that,” Lucrezia giggled. “But I do hope a sense of fun wouldn’t be out of place in Heaven.”

      Leonardo laughed too, but their sense of relief was interrupted by an urgent rap at the door.

      “Come!” said Lucrezia.

      The slender face of Fresina appeared. “Mistress,” she said, “Signor Lorenzo de’ Medici is on his way up. He says he wants to view the portrait.”

      “Thank you, Fresina,” said Lucrezia. She waved the girl away and slammed the door shut.

      Sandro grabbed Leonardo by the shoulder and propelled him towards the window.

      “Quick!” he ordered. “Get in the chest!”

       7 A WELL-BUILT PRISON

      Sandro flipped open the catch and threw up the lid. “Come on, get in!” he said, pointing to the empty interior of the chest.

      “Are you crazy?” Leonardo exclaimed. “I’m not getting in there!”

      “But you have to,” Sandro insisted, his eyes feverish with panic. “If Lorenzo finds you here, he’ll know exactly what’s going on.”

      “He’s right,” Lucrezia agreed. “Lorenzo will see the paint is fresh and wonder why Signor Botticelli has stopped. He will spot the bandage, and even worse, he will see that your hands, Leonardo, are covered with paint.”

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