21The days to come and the weighting I put into all my thoughts and reasoning, especially those concerning my father, made me feel no sense of remorse in my conscience and my mind, because I had in fact accomplished nothing bad but, on the contrary, a sense of serenity and greater confidence in the actions performed and in those I proposed to do. I did not think, as in the past, to the Alfieri's motto: "I wanted, very strongly I wanted"! but to the proposition made, namely every action of mine, every thought of mine should always be conceived in function of my father! I do not know if what happened was a reward for my feelings of great attachment to my father or a demonstration, albeit delayed, of the benevolence of Destiny towards my father. A family friend, a certain Antonio Di Maio, w

