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Updated: May 22, 2025
She was starting on her journey when a friend of Sampiero arrested her, and brought her back to Aix, in Provence. Sampiero, when he heard of these events, hurried to France, and was received by a relative of his, who hinted that he had known of Vannina's projected flight. 'E tu hai taciuto? was Sampiero's only answer, accompanied by a stroke of his poignard that killed the lukewarm cousin.
"I suppose, mademoiselle, that Vannina's death has not inspired you with any great love for our national hero, the brave Sampiero?" "But do you think his conduct was so very heroic?" "The excuse for his crime lies in the savage customs of the period. And then Sampiero was waging deadly war against the Genoese.
But feeling that the petition is futile, she then recalls the memory of her earlier virtue, and, facing her fate, begs as a last favor that no base executioner shall lay his soiled hands on the wife of Sampiero, but that he himself shall execute the sentence. Vannina's behavior moves her husband, but does not touch his heart.
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