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What distressed Greta the most was not being disapproved of or feeling unwanted by the entire family of the sharecropper at Ponte Agro, but his attitude towards her: Don Salvatore did not consider at all any of the things that she was saying. She could have easily said that the next day she would set the entire masseria on fire, but that stubborn old man would not pay attention to her. That evening Greta told the whole family that she wanted to renovate the house on the upper floor and then live in it: she made the announcement addressing Don Salvatore in person. The only answer was that he did not even look up from the plate in front of him, bringing the fork to his mouth with the same slow and repetitive movement.
«I would also like Menico to help me with the manual work...»
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