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Updated: June 18, 2025
When he recovered from the brain-fever which prostrated him as soon as he reached the monastery, he told his whole story to the Prior, Padre Cristoforo of San Stefano, a man whose character is far beyond suspicion. I have also Padre Cristoforo's statement, if you would like to see it." Percival shook his head. But his pipe had gone out; he was listening now with interest.
The man says, 'Signor Curé, this is my wife'; the woman says, 'Signor Curé, this is my husband. It is necessary that the curé and the witnesses hear it, and the marriage is then as valid and sacred as if the Pope himself had blessed it." "But why, then," said Lucia, "didn't this plan come into Fra Cristoforo's mind?" "Do you think it didn't?" replied she.
What was his motive, I wonder? Is it possible that he did not know who she was?" But he rejected this suggestion as an entirely incredible one. After a little further thought, another idea occurred to him. Father Cristoforo's letter consisted of three closely-written sheets of paper. He separated the first sheet from the others; the last words on the sheet ran as follows:
In spite of his self-possession the Prior started. Of this contingency he had certainly never thought. He came a step nearer to the young man, and spoke with astonished urgency. "You destroyed the proofs? You? Every one of them?" "Every one." A sudden white change passed over Padre Cristoforo's face.
Some of the other occupants of the monastery monks, lay-brothers, pupils occasionally passed by, but they did not even lift their eyes. Still, there was a certain sense of publicity about the interview which made Dino feel that he was not to be welcomed only judged. Father Cristoforo's face was terrible in its very impassiveness.
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