Chapter 6
Lucia would have liked to realize again that sort of spell of invisibility, extending it also to her love, in order not to be captured by the Cardinal’s guards. More than a spell, it was a kind of hypnosis, which prevented those in front of her from perceiving reality and induced them to do strange things. It was one of the powers of her mind that she had learned best to control. She had almost succeeded with the two thugs who had appeared on the arch of the chamber door, but the attempt became a clumsy failure in the presence of Father Ignazio Amici, who suddenly appeared with a large crucifix in his hand.
«Vade retro, Satan!»
The religious began to pronounce exorcisms in Latin, continuing with expressions that the girl, despite being an expert in the language, could not unde
