Even the wicked get worse than they deserve.
One summer evening in the year 1848, three Cardinals and a missionary were dining together in the gardens of a villa in the Sabine hills, overlooking Rome.
What if - what if Life itself were the sweetheart?
Only a Woman, divine, could know all that a woman can suffer.
Some things are best learned in calm, others in storm.
Thea was still under the belief that public opinion could be placated; that if you clucked often enough, the hens would mistake you for one of themselves.