Chapter Fourteen
Elena continued her diligent search. She fumed at the interruption to her task when she had to accompany Filippo to his villa from late June until the end of August. Afterward, much of her time was taken up with social arrangements such as the supervision of preparations for extravagant events at the Palazzo Celano, including one of the grandest masked balls ever seen in Venice. It was as if Filippo could not celebrate enough the defeat of the Torrisis no matter how many years slid by.
The Pietà orchestra was engaged by Filippo to play at most of these brilliant occasions. He made sure that when his many guests withdrew from the ballroom for supper, the Pietà instrumentalists had a chance to dance themselves under the nuns’ supervision. Their partners were willing volunt
