The Contessa's Vendetta by Mirella Sichirollo Patzer

Author:Mirella Sichirollo Patzer [Patzer, Mirella Sichirollo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: History and Women Press
Published: 2012-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

I read the letter over and over, burning the words into my memory as though they were a living flame.

All his letters to me have been full of tenderness. Oh, the miserable duped nitwit, fooled as I had been. And Dario, the traitor, doing his best to prevent her from entertaining the slightest suspicion or jealousy of his actions during her absence. So, he had written her; no doubt letters sweet as honey brimming over with endearing words and vows of fidelity, even though he had already accepted me as his wife. God! What a devil’s dance of death they played!

On my return I shall make it my first duty to pay back with interest the rather large debt I owe you. Rather large indeed, Beatrice, so large that you have no idea of its extent.

…thus my honor will be satisfied. And so will mine in part.

…and you, I am sure, will have a better opinion of me. Yours to command. Perhaps I shall, Beatrice, for I have many commands for you. Maybe when all my commands are fulfilled to the bitter end, I may think more kindly of you. But not till then!

I paused to think for a few minutes, and then sitting down, I penned the following note.

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