“I was the daughter of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia,” she snapped. “I’d have been engaged in utero, had it benefited the family fortunes, as you know very well. Despite Vicente’s implication of wealth and connections, the de Nevada family is neither powerful nor clever. This letter may be a ruse to confound us.” “We weren’t meant to see it,” said Cesare. “Of course we were. It’s written in Spanish. Who else at Montefiore would have been able to read it?”
