KyprianiOne day Maria de Molino, the young wife of Filippo de Molino, the Venetian Proveditor of Cyprus, saw in horror the signs of leprosy on the body of her child. She locked the door, stripped off her clothes and examined herself.
Once she had confirmed she did not have the disease, she slumped down on the edge of the cot and wept, insensible to the cries of the child. Then she dressed and summoned the servant girl.
“Call Fra-Jacomo.”
The monk signed to her to leave him with the child. He sent the servant girl out as well.
“He was well yesterday…” Kypriani said.
Maria de Molino turned her back to her and stood under the arch. The olive groves were rippling on the mountainside and the hills sinking into the sea.
“My lady, Fra-Jacomo is coming…”
She felt the constriction, the colou
