Life goes onMatilde walked around for a long time, with little idea of what to do. She was astonished and angry at Marco for what he’d done to her, but she would have plenty of time to think it over. Now she needed to take her mind off the events of the day.
She decided to concentrate on the place she was in. Padua was a marvelous city, rich in art and history, and she’d already decided to take her students here on a field trip later that fall. Of all the interesting things the city offered, Matilde had chosen one in particular: the botanical garden. Founded in 1500, it was the world’s oldest university botanical garden, and it was still in its original location.
Set on not thinking about her husband, she entered a shop and asked the assistant for directions to the garden. It turned out
