«...that others were but the devil!», interrupted Father Ignazio, preventing the young man from pronouncing the name of Tonio, whom he had certainly recognized. «Think! A woman who, by making love, puts a man into an attitude of submission is already to be condemned, if she then does so with a devil, let alone a devil! Thank you for your testimony, Sir Lorenzetto. You may go... Ah, I forgot! From the way in which you have lowered your gaze, I believe that you have done more than a few impure thoughts while you have witnessed the scene, and perhaps even afterwards, thinking about it. But this is something which it will be better to speak about in a confessional. Come then to me and I will guarantee you a just absolution.
In the secret of the confessional, Father Amici gave absolution to th
