Lucia entered the lower room, while Renzo was anxiously informing Agnes, who was listening anxiously. Both of them turned to who knew more than they, and from which expected an explanation, which could not be that painful: both, leaving travedere, in the midst of pain, and love other than that everyone of them led to Lucy, a frown but different because he concealed them something, and such a thing. Agnes, though anxious to hear his daughter, he could not keep her a reprimand. - Your mother say nothing of such a thing!
- Now I will tell all - Lucy said, wiping her eyes with her apron.
- Speak! - Speak, speak! - Cried of a sudden the mother and the groom.
- Holy Virgin! - Said Lucia - who would have thought that things could get this sign! - And, with voice choked with tears, recounted how, a few days ago while returning from the mill, and was left behind by his companions, had passed before Don Rodrigo, in company with another gentleman, who had first tried to hold with conversation, as she said, not at all beautiful, but she, without giving him right, he quickened his pace, and reached her companions, and while he had heard that other gentleman rider strong, and Don Rodrigo said: bet. The next day, s'eran those found on the road again, but Lucia was in the midst of her companions, with downcast eyes, and the other ladies laughed, and Don Rodrigo said, we shall see, we'll see. - By the grace of heaven, - Lucia continued, - that day was the last of the mill. I told him right away ...
- Who told you? - Agnes asked, meeting, not without a bit 'of indignation, the name of the preferred confidant.
- The father Christopher, in confession, mother - said Lucy, with a sweet accent of apology. - I told him everything, the last time we went together to the church of the convent, and, if you remember that morning I was putting something in hand now, now to another, to linger, so that other people pass the country started at that time, and to the road in company with them, because, after that, the roads were making me so afraid ... The revered name
father of Christopher, the disdain of Agnes softened. - You did well, - he said - but also because they do not tell everything to your mother?
Lucia had two good reasons: one, not to sadden or frighten the good woman, what for which it could not be remedied, the other, do not put at risk many mouths to travel to a story that would jealously be buried, especially as Lucy had hoped that his marriage would have from truncated, in principle, quell'abbominata persecution. Of these two reasons, however, does not allege that the first one.
- And to you, - he said, turning to Renzo, that voice that wants to recognize a friend who was wrong: - and to you I was talking about this? Unfortunately you know now!
- And what did he say his father? - Asked Agnes.
- He told me that I seek to hasten the wedding as I could, and locked themselves in the meantime, pray that the good Lord, and he hoped that he, not seeing me, no more than would cure me. It was then that I tried, - he continued, turning back to Renzo, but without alzargli eyes in the face, and blushing all over, - that was when I made the bold, and there I prayed that procuraste to hurry, and to conclude first time that he had established. Who knows what you think of me! But I did it right, and had been recommended, and I wanted for sure ... and this morning, I was so far from thinking ... - Here the words were truncated by a violent burst of tears.
- Ah, you rascal! ah damn! ah murderess! - Renzo cried, running to and fro about the room, and occasionally clutching the handle of his knife.
- What a scam, for God's sake! - Exclaimed Agnes. The young man stopped suddenly in front of Lucia crying, looked at her with an act of tenderness, melancholy, angry, and said - this is the last one is the murderer.
- Ah! no, Renzo, for heaven's sake! - Cried Lucia. - No, no, for heaven's sake! The Lord is for the poor, and how you want to help us, if we form of evil?
- No, no, for heaven's sake! - Agnes repeated.
- Renzo - said Lucy, with an air of hope and peaceful resolution: - you have a job, and I know work: we are so far away that he did not hear more about us.
- Oh Lucy! and then what? We are not yet husband and wife! The parish priest will make us the faith of a free state? A man like that? If we were married, then ... oh!
Lucy began to cry, and all three were silent, and in a killing that was a dismal holiday as opposed to the pump de 'their clothing.
- Listen, children, heed me, - he said, after some time, Agnes. - I am coming to the world before you, and the world know him a little. It should not be scared: the devil is not as bad as you paint. To us they seem more beggars Hanks cheat, because We're not sure to find the clue, but sometimes an opinion, a little word of a man who has studied ... I know well what I mean. Make my way, Renzo; go to Lecco, seek Dr. Azzecca-tangles, tell him ... But do not call it so, for heaven's sake: it is a nickname. It must be said Mr. Dr. ... What is the name now? Oh to '! I do not know the real name: the caller at all like that. Just, try this doctor tall, lean, bald, with a red nose, and a raspberry on his cheek.
- I know him in sight, - said Renzo.
- Well, - he continued Agnes - that's a top man! I saw more than one who was hanged more than a chick in tow blink and did not know where his head and, after being an hour-to-face with Dr. Azzecca tangles (mind you not to call it!), I saw him, I say, ridersene. Pigliate those four capons, poor things! to which I had to pull the neck to the banquet on Sunday, and portateglieli, because you should never go with your hands to vote this' gentlemen. Tell him everything that had happened, and you will see that will tell you, on two feet, one of those things that we would not be in the head, thinking about it a year. Renzo
gladly embraced this opinion, approved the Lucy, and Agnes, proud of having given it, stood up, one by one, the poor animals from the coop, gathered their eight legs, as if he were a bunch flowers, wrapped and squeezed with a rope, and handed over to Renzo, who, given and received words of hope came from the orchard, not to be seen to be 'boys, who correrebber behind cried the groom! the groom! So, crossing the fields or as they say, there, places, went to alleys, quivering, looking back on his misfortune, and ruminating over the issue with Dr. Azzecca-tangles. Then I leave the reader to think, how they should be traveling the poor beasts, and kept it tied by their feet, head down wholesale, the hand of a man who, agitated by many passions, the thoughts that accompanied by gesture passavan the turmoil in the mind. Now extend the arm in anger, now rising in desperation, now struggling in the air as a threat, and in every way, gave them fair shock, and did jump the four heads, hung, which meanwhile strove to peck with each other, as too often happens among fellow sufferers.
arrived to the village, the home of the doctor asked, he was given, and went there. Upon entering, she was taken from suggezione prove that the beggars were illiterate in the vicinity of a gentleman and a scholar of, and forgot all the speeches he had prepared, but looked at the capons, and hearten you. Came into the kitchen, the maid asked if we could speak to the Doctor. Eyed it the beasts, and as accustomed to similar gifts, put their hands on him, though he went Renzo pulling back because he wanted the doctor saw and knew he was carrying something. It happened just as the woman said - given here, and go forward -. Renzo took a big bow: the doctor took her humanity, with a - come, my son - and he did enter with him into the study. This was a large room on three walls of which were distributed portraits of 'Twelve Caesars, and the fourth is covered by a large shelf of old books and dusty in the middle of a table crowded with allegations of supplication, of pamphlets, of proclamations, with three or four chairs around, and one part a chair with armrests, with a high back and square, finished at the corners with two wooden ornaments, which were lifted in the shape of horns, covered with cowhide, with big studs, some of which had long fallen, leaving free the corners of the cover, that s 'crumpled here and there. The doctor was in his dressing gown, which is covered with a robe worn by now, who had served many years ago, to plead, I 'monumental day, when he went to Milan, for some reason of importance. He closed the door, and made the young mind, with these words: - son, tell me your case.
- I want to say a word in confidence.
- I am here, - said the doctor: - Spoken -. And sit down on the chair. Renzo, standing at the table, one hand in the crown of his hat, which made her whirl with the other, began again: - I would like to know from you who has studied ...
- Tell me how the fact is - the doctor interrupted.
- you to excuse me: the rest of us poor people do not know how to speak well. I would therefore like to know ...
- Blessed people! you are all well: instead of telling the fact, you want to query, because you already have your designs on the head.
- Excuse me, Doctor. I would like to know whether to threaten a nice, why not make a marriage, there is no penalty.
"I understand," he said to himself, the doctor, who in truth had not understood. "I understand." It immediately became serious, but on a serious mixture of compassion and care, clung tightly to her lips, making out an inarticulate sound that hinted a sense, then more clearly expressed in his first words. - Case serious, son; case provided. You have done well to come from me. It is a clear case, covered in a hundred proclamations, e. .. indeed, in one of last year, the current Mr. Governor. Now we fo see and touch.
So saying, he rose from his chair, and thrust his hands into the chaos of cards, remixing from below upwards, as if it were to wheat in a bushel.
- Where is he now? Come out, come out. You must have many things in your hands! But He must be safe here, because it is a cry for importance. Ah! here, here -. Took it, he explained, he looked at the time, and made a face even more serious, he said: - the 15th of October 1627! Sure, it is the last year: fresh cries, are those that are no longer afraid. You read, son?
- A little bit, Doctor.
- Well, VENITEM behind the eye, and you'll see. And, taking the tumbler in the air shouting, he began to read, mumbling in a rush in a few steps, and stopping separately by grand'espressione, some over others, as needed:
- If good, for the proclamation published in the order of Duke of Feria to December 14, 1620, et dall'lllustriss unsupported. et Eccellentiss. Lord Mr. Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordova, etc., was provided with extraordinary remedy and strict oppression, extortions et tyrannical acts that some dare to commit such devout against these Vassalli MS, however the frequency of the excesses, and malice, etc., has grown to sign , which placed in the need to excel. Her, and so on. Waves, with the advice of the Senate et a Board, etc., has determined that you publish this.
- started by the tyrannical acts, showing the experience that many, so in the City, as in the Ville ... feel? of this State, carrying with concussions et tyranny oppress the weak in various ways, as in work contracts that do violence to buy, lease ... and so on: where are you? ah! here, listen: to follow or not follow marriage. Eh?
is my case - said Renzo.
- Listen, listen, there is much more, and then we will see the effort. It testifies, testifies or not, one would start from where you live, etc., that what you pay a debt, not that other troublesome, that goes to his mill: this has nothing to with us. Ah there we are: the priest does not do what is required for its uficio, or do things he did not touch. Eh?
- Apparently abbian done crying for me.
- Eh? is not it? Hear, hear: and other such violence, which followed by feudal lords, nobles, mediocre, cowardly, et plebs. No way escapes: we are all: it is like the valley of Jehoshaphat. Hear now the sentence. All these evil attioni et similar, although prohibited, however, agreeing to put his hand tighter, SE, for the present, not departing from, etc., orders, and bid them against offenders in any of these items, or similar, you proceeds from all of them ordinary courts of this state penalty and corporal, relegation or even in jail, until his death ... a small trifle! His Excellency the whim, or the Senate, according to the quality of the cases, people and circumstances. This ir-re-mis-si-bil-mind and with all severity, and so on. There's some stuff, eh? And here you see the subscriptions: Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordova, and further down: Platonus and here again: Vidit Ferrer: we are not lacking anything.
While the doctor was reading, Renzo's going slowly behind the eye, trying to tear out the construct clear, and look upon those sacrosanct own words, which seemed to be having her help. The doctor, seeing the new customer closer to terror, we wondered. "Whether he matriculated," he thought to himself. - Ah! ah! - Then said: - But you have done to cut the hair. Have you had any prudence, however, willing to put yourselves in my hands, did not need. The case is serious, but you do not know what I am enough of mind to make, on one occasion. For this output
comprehending the doctor must know, recalled that, at that time, the good of trade, and troublemakers of all kinds, usavan take a long brush, then you tiravan on his face, like a visor, at the time of addressing someone, it 'cases where necessary stimasser Travis, and the company were those that required the same time strength and prudence. The proclamations were not silent on this fashion. Commands His Excellency (the Marquis de la Hynojosa) that people will take that length of hair covering the forehead to align edges only, or will the trezza, or before or after the ears, incurs the penalty of three hundred crowns: and in case of 'inhabilità, three years in prison for the first time, and second, beyond that, better yet, pecuniary et corporal, at the will of His Excellency.
allows, however, that for any chance of being bald, or other reasonable cause signal or injury, such as can, for greater dignity and their health, make your hair so long, what is needed to accommodate such blackouts and nothing more ; feeling fine not to exceed the duty and sheer necessity, to (not) incur the penalty to the other contraffacienti tax.
And likewise commanded to 'barbers, under penalty of three hundred crowns or sections of rope to be given to them in public, yet more et bodily arbitrary as above, which do not allow those who toseranno, no such luck Trezze , Zuffi, Rizzo, nor longer hair of the ordinary, as well as in front of the band, and after the ears, but they are all equal, as above, except where the bald, or other conditions, as stated above. The tuft was therefore almost a piece of armor, and a badge of 'thugs and dissolute, which from what were then commonly called clumps. This term has been and still lives with significantly more attenuated in the dialect and there is perhaps none of 'our readers Milan, who did not remember having heard in his childhood, or relatives, or teacher, or some friend of the family, or any service person, say of him: he is a lock, it's a bunch.
- In truth, as a poor boy, - said Renzo, - I never brought bunch in my life.
- Do not let us do anything, - said the doctor, shaking his head with a smile, mischievous and eager. - If you have no faith in me will not let us do anything. You tell a lie to the doctor, you see my son, is a fool who tells the truth to the court. Lawyer must tell things clear: to us to then cheat. If you want me to v'aiuti, you must tell me everything, from A to Z, his heart in his hand, as his confessor. You must designate the person to whom you have had a mandate: it will of course respect the person, and, in this case, I shall go to him, to do an act of duty. I will not tell, you see, I know from you, which hath sent him, trust me. I'll tell him I come to implore his protection, for a poor young man slandered. And he will take the appropriate concerts, to finish the deal is commendable. You understand well that, unless, will also save you. But if the break was all yours away, do not pick me: I dug worse by cheating others ... Provided that they have offended the person of respect, mind you, I promise to take off out of trouble: with a little 'expense, mind you. You must tell me who the offended, as they say, and according to the condition, quality and mood of a friend, you will see whether it is appropriate to keep the mark with more guards, or find some way to attack us criminal, and put a flea in his ear, because, you see, he knows how to handle the proclamations, no one is guilty, and no one is innocent. As to the curate, if the person of opinion, if they keep quiet, if it were a little head, there is no remedy for them. On each plot we can get out, but it takes a man and your case is serious, I tell you seriously: the cries sings clear and if it should decide between justice and you, so-to-face, were fresh. I am speaking to you as a friend: the escapades must pay: if you want to get away with, money and sincerity, trust who loves you, obey, do everything you will be suggested.
While the doctor was sending out all these words, it was Renzo watching with rapt attention, like a materialone is the square looking at the players Bussolotti, who, having driven in the mouth tow and tow and tow, pulls out tape and tape and tape, which never ends. But when he had understood what the doctor meant, and what mistake he made, the tape broke off in her mouth, saying - oh! Doctor, as he intended? the whole is just the reverse. I have not threatened anyone, I am not of of those things, I said, and also to ask all of my town, who feel that I have never had to do with justice. The knavery have made me come to you and to know how I have to do to get yourself justice, and I am very glad to have seen the screaming.
- Devil! - Said the doctor, opening his eyes. - What a mess I do? In fact, you're all like you might not know how to say things clear?
- But excuse me, she gave me no time now to tell you the thing is. So I know I had to marry today - and here the voice of Renzo was moved, - today I had to marry a young man, to whom he talked, as of this summer, and today, as I say, was the appointed day with the curate , and had prepared everything. Here the curate began to tear out out some excuses ... enough not to bore you, I did speak out, as was right, and he confessed to me that he was prohibited on pain of death, to this marriage. That arrogant Don Rodrigo ...
- Go on! - Immediately interrupted the doctor, frowning, wrinkled his nose red, and twisting his mouth - eh via! I come to break his head with these lies? Fate of these discourses of you others who do not know mince words, and do not come to them with a gentleman who knows what they're worth. Go, go, do not know what you say I hanged me with guys I do not want to hear this sort of talk, talk in the air.
- I swear ...
- Go, I say you want me to do de 'your oaths? I have nothing to do: I wash my hands -. And if it was wrinkled, as if the wash really. - Learn to speak is not a surprise as a decent man.
- But listen, but listen, - Renzo repeated in vain: the doctor, still shouting, pushing him toward the door with your hands, and when he had hunted there, opened it, and called his servant, and said: - returned immediately that this man has led to: I do not want anything, I want nothing.
This woman had never, in all the time who had been in that house, made a similar order, but had been uttered with such a resolution, which did not hesitate to obey. He took the four poor beasts, and gave Renzo, with a look of disdainful compassion, which seemed to say: you have that you did it better. Renzo wanted to ceremonies, but the doctor was impregnable, and the young, more and more astonished angry than ever, had to recover the victims refused, and return to the country, telling women the beautiful construct of his expedition.
Women, in his absence, after sadly raise your party dress and put that on the day of work, they conferred again, and Agnes Lucy sobbing sigh. When this was well spoken of 'great effects that you should expect from the doctor's advice, Lucia said that it was necessary to see to help in every way, Christopher's father was a man who not only advise, but to put his work, when they were poor ones to raise, and that would be a good thing potergli say what had happened. - Safe, - said Agnes, and they began to search together the way, since they go to the convent, there maybe two miles distant, if not felt the courage in that day, and certainly no man's opinion would give him advice. But while the parties that balance, he felt a tapping at the door, and at the same time, a subdued but distinct - Deo gratias -. Lucia, who could be imagining, ran to open, and immediately made a small bow family was on a lay Capuchin seeker, with his knapsack leaning to the left shoulder, and keeping the mouth attortigliata and close in the two hands on his chest.
- between Galdino Oh! - Said the two women.
- The Lord be with you, - said the monk. - I come to look for some nuts.
- Go 'to take the nuts for fathers, - said Agnes. Lucia got up and went to another room, but before entering it, he stayed behind to between Galdino, who remained in the same posture right, and, putting his finger to his mouth, he gave his mother a ' look who asked the secret, tenderly, with supplication, and even with some authority.
Seeker, Agnes peering so far, he said - and this marriage? It had to do today: I have seen some confusion in the country, as if there were a novelty. What was that?
- The curate is sick, and we must defer - the woman said quickly. If Lucy was not that standard, the answer would probably been different. - How goes the search? - He added, to change his speech.
- Not good, good woman, not very good. The are all here -. And, so saying, he lifted his wallet of him, and had to jump between the two hands. - They are all here, and, to put together this great abundance, I had to knock on ten doors.
- Ma! vintages are scarce among Galdino, and when s'ha to measure the bread, you can not enlarge his hand in the rest.
- And to bring back the good time, what remedy is there, my lady? The alms. You know that miracle of the nuts, was, many years are, in that our monastery of Romagna?
- No, indeed; raccontatemelo a little.
- Oh! you just need to know that, in the convent, there was our father, who was a saint, and was called the father Macario. One winter day, passing through a lane, in a field of one of our benefactor, an honest man of him, his father saw this Macario benefactor near his large walnut, and four farmers with hoes in the air, and principles to undermine the plant to take root in the sun. "What are you doing to that poor tree?" Macario said the father. "Well, father, son for years and years that I do not want to be nuts, and I make firewood." "Leave her alone," said the father know that this year will make it more walnut leaves. " The benefactor, who knew who it was who had said those words, immediately ordered the workers, which again gettasser the earth on the roots, and called his father, who went his own way, "father Macario, he said, half of the collection will be for the monastery." Word spread of the prediction, and all ran to look at the walnut. In fact, in the spring, flowers galore, and, at the time, nuts galore. The good benefactor had not the consolation of berries, because he went before the harvest, to receive the reward of his charity. But the miracle was all the greater, as you shall hear. That good man had left a son of the press is very different. Now, therefore, the collection, the seeker went shalt recover half that was due to the convent, but he did it again at all, and had the temerity to respond that he had never heard that they knew the Capuchins to nuts. You know now what happened? One day, (get this) the dissolute had invited some friends of the same hair, and carousing, he told the story of the walnut, and laughed de 'brothers. Que ', Received youngsters want to go and see the endless pile of nuts, and he drives them up in the barn. But listen: it opens the door, goes to the corner where he had been placed the great heaps, and while he says: Look, look at himself and see ... what? A pile of dry leaves of walnut. It was an example of this? And the convent, instead of scapitare, we won, because, after such a great feat, the search of the nuts made so, so, that a benefactor, moved with compassion for the poor finder, made the monastery a donkey charity that helps to take the nuts at home. And it was tant'olio that every poor person were to take, according to his need, because we are like the sea, which receives water from all sides, and back to distribute to all rivers. Here
reappeared Lucia, with her apron so loaded with nuts, which barely held it, keeping the two corners at the top with outstretched arms and elongated. While among Galdino, arose again the bag, put it down, and he opens his mouth in order to incorporate the abundant alms, the mother made a face and severe astonished to Lucia, for his generosity, but Lucy looked , he wanted to say, I will justify. Fra Galdino burst into praise, a good omen, in promises, in thanks, and, put the bag in place, was approaching. But Lucia, richiamatolo, said: - I would like a service to you, I would like you to say to his father, Christopher, that I care to talk much, and I do love the poor things to come from us, just now, because we can not go to church .
- You do not want anything else? It will not be a time that Christopher's father will know your desire.
- I trust you.
- Do not doubt -. So saying, he went a bit 'more curved and more content, of what was coming. At
see that a poor girl sent for her, with so much confidence, Christopher's father, and that the finder would accept the commission, without surprise and without difficulty, no one thinks that this was a brother of Christopher dozen, one thing to overwork. It was indeed a man of great authority, in its, and across the boundary, but such was the condition of 'cappuccino, that nothing seemed to them too low or too high. Gl'infimi serve and be served by 'powerful, they enter' buildings and 'slums, with the same attitude of humility and security, sometimes being in the same house, a subject of amusement, and a character without which not decide anything, begging for everything and make all those who asked the convent, all was accustomed to a cappuccino. Going on the road, could also fall into a prince who reverently kissed the tip of the cord, or a brigade of boys who, pretending to be the hands together, gl'inzaccherassero beard of mud. The word "brother" was, in this 'time, uttered with the greatest respect, and with bitter contempt and cappuccinos, perhaps more than any altr'ordine, were the subject of' two conflicting feelings, and felt the two opposite fortunes , because, not having anything, wearing a dress more strangely different from the ordinary, becoming more open profession of humility, s'esponevan closer to the veneration and vilification that these things can draw from 'different moods, and different think of men.
Party between Galdino, - all those nuts! - Agnes said: - this year!
- Mama, forgive me, - said Lucy - but if we had made a pittance as the others, among Galdino should turn again, God knows, before he had the bag full, and God knows when he returned to the convent; and, with the chatter that would have made and feel, God knows if he would have stuck in my mind ...
- Have you thought good, and then it's all love that always bears good fruit, - said Agnes, who, co 'difettucci her, it was a great good woman, and would, as they say, thrown into the fire for that one subsidiary, in which he had placed his entire satisfaction. In this
arrived Renzo, and getting together with a mischievous face and mortified, he threw capons on a table, and it was this last dismal story of the poor beasts, for that day.
- Nice view that have given me! - Said to Agnes. - You sent a good honest man, one that really helps the poor things! - And he told his interview with the doctor. The woman, stunned by failed so sad, he wanted to demonstrate that the advice was good, however, that Renzo and must not have been able to make it how it was done, but Lucy interrupted the question, announcing that he hoped to have found a better aid . Renzo also welcomed this hope, as happens to those who are in distress and nell'impiccio. - But if the father - He said - there is a last resort, I find him in one way or another.
Women consigliaron peace, patience, prudence. - Tomorrow - said Lucy - Christopher's father will definitely, and you will see that you will find some remedy, those poor souls We're not sure we even imagine.
- I hope - Renzo said, - but in any case, I'll get me right, or make me do. In this world there's justice at last.
Co 'painful speeches, and the come and gone that are reported, that day had passed, and began to turn brown.
- Good night - sadly said Lucia to Renzo, who could not resolve to leave.
- Good night - Renzo said, even more sadly.
- a saint help us, - said Lucy: - Use caution, and resign.
The mother said other councils of the same gender, and the husband went away, his heart in the storm, repeating the strange words - in this world there's justice at last! - So much so that a man overwhelmed by the pain no longer knows what he is talking.
- Now I will tell all - Lucy said, wiping her eyes with her apron.
- Speak! - Speak, speak! - Cried of a sudden the mother and the groom.
- Holy Virgin! - Said Lucia - who would have thought that things could get this sign! - And, with voice choked with tears, recounted how, a few days ago while returning from the mill, and was left behind by his companions, had passed before Don Rodrigo, in company with another gentleman, who had first tried to hold with conversation, as she said, not at all beautiful, but she, without giving him right, he quickened his pace, and reached her companions, and while he had heard that other gentleman rider strong, and Don Rodrigo said: bet. The next day, s'eran those found on the road again, but Lucia was in the midst of her companions, with downcast eyes, and the other ladies laughed, and Don Rodrigo said, we shall see, we'll see. - By the grace of heaven, - Lucia continued, - that day was the last of the mill. I told him right away ...
- Who told you? - Agnes asked, meeting, not without a bit 'of indignation, the name of the preferred confidant.
- The father Christopher, in confession, mother - said Lucy, with a sweet accent of apology. - I told him everything, the last time we went together to the church of the convent, and, if you remember that morning I was putting something in hand now, now to another, to linger, so that other people pass the country started at that time, and to the road in company with them, because, after that, the roads were making me so afraid ... The revered name
father of Christopher, the disdain of Agnes softened. - You did well, - he said - but also because they do not tell everything to your mother?
Lucia had two good reasons: one, not to sadden or frighten the good woman, what for which it could not be remedied, the other, do not put at risk many mouths to travel to a story that would jealously be buried, especially as Lucy had hoped that his marriage would have from truncated, in principle, quell'abbominata persecution. Of these two reasons, however, does not allege that the first one.
- And to you, - he said, turning to Renzo, that voice that wants to recognize a friend who was wrong: - and to you I was talking about this? Unfortunately you know now!
- And what did he say his father? - Asked Agnes.
- He told me that I seek to hasten the wedding as I could, and locked themselves in the meantime, pray that the good Lord, and he hoped that he, not seeing me, no more than would cure me. It was then that I tried, - he continued, turning back to Renzo, but without alzargli eyes in the face, and blushing all over, - that was when I made the bold, and there I prayed that procuraste to hurry, and to conclude first time that he had established. Who knows what you think of me! But I did it right, and had been recommended, and I wanted for sure ... and this morning, I was so far from thinking ... - Here the words were truncated by a violent burst of tears.
- Ah, you rascal! ah damn! ah murderess! - Renzo cried, running to and fro about the room, and occasionally clutching the handle of his knife.
- What a scam, for God's sake! - Exclaimed Agnes. The young man stopped suddenly in front of Lucia crying, looked at her with an act of tenderness, melancholy, angry, and said - this is the last one is the murderer.
- Ah! no, Renzo, for heaven's sake! - Cried Lucia. - No, no, for heaven's sake! The Lord is for the poor, and how you want to help us, if we form of evil?
- No, no, for heaven's sake! - Agnes repeated.
- Renzo - said Lucy, with an air of hope and peaceful resolution: - you have a job, and I know work: we are so far away that he did not hear more about us.
- Oh Lucy! and then what? We are not yet husband and wife! The parish priest will make us the faith of a free state? A man like that? If we were married, then ... oh!
Lucy began to cry, and all three were silent, and in a killing that was a dismal holiday as opposed to the pump de 'their clothing.
- Listen, children, heed me, - he said, after some time, Agnes. - I am coming to the world before you, and the world know him a little. It should not be scared: the devil is not as bad as you paint. To us they seem more beggars Hanks cheat, because We're not sure to find the clue, but sometimes an opinion, a little word of a man who has studied ... I know well what I mean. Make my way, Renzo; go to Lecco, seek Dr. Azzecca-tangles, tell him ... But do not call it so, for heaven's sake: it is a nickname. It must be said Mr. Dr. ... What is the name now? Oh to '! I do not know the real name: the caller at all like that. Just, try this doctor tall, lean, bald, with a red nose, and a raspberry on his cheek.
- I know him in sight, - said Renzo.
- Well, - he continued Agnes - that's a top man! I saw more than one who was hanged more than a chick in tow blink and did not know where his head and, after being an hour-to-face with Dr. Azzecca tangles (mind you not to call it!), I saw him, I say, ridersene. Pigliate those four capons, poor things! to which I had to pull the neck to the banquet on Sunday, and portateglieli, because you should never go with your hands to vote this' gentlemen. Tell him everything that had happened, and you will see that will tell you, on two feet, one of those things that we would not be in the head, thinking about it a year. Renzo
gladly embraced this opinion, approved the Lucy, and Agnes, proud of having given it, stood up, one by one, the poor animals from the coop, gathered their eight legs, as if he were a bunch flowers, wrapped and squeezed with a rope, and handed over to Renzo, who, given and received words of hope came from the orchard, not to be seen to be 'boys, who correrebber behind cried the groom! the groom! So, crossing the fields or as they say, there, places, went to alleys, quivering, looking back on his misfortune, and ruminating over the issue with Dr. Azzecca-tangles. Then I leave the reader to think, how they should be traveling the poor beasts, and kept it tied by their feet, head down wholesale, the hand of a man who, agitated by many passions, the thoughts that accompanied by gesture passavan the turmoil in the mind. Now extend the arm in anger, now rising in desperation, now struggling in the air as a threat, and in every way, gave them fair shock, and did jump the four heads, hung, which meanwhile strove to peck with each other, as too often happens among fellow sufferers.
arrived to the village, the home of the doctor asked, he was given, and went there. Upon entering, she was taken from suggezione prove that the beggars were illiterate in the vicinity of a gentleman and a scholar of, and forgot all the speeches he had prepared, but looked at the capons, and hearten you. Came into the kitchen, the maid asked if we could speak to the Doctor. Eyed it the beasts, and as accustomed to similar gifts, put their hands on him, though he went Renzo pulling back because he wanted the doctor saw and knew he was carrying something. It happened just as the woman said - given here, and go forward -. Renzo took a big bow: the doctor took her humanity, with a - come, my son - and he did enter with him into the study. This was a large room on three walls of which were distributed portraits of 'Twelve Caesars, and the fourth is covered by a large shelf of old books and dusty in the middle of a table crowded with allegations of supplication, of pamphlets, of proclamations, with three or four chairs around, and one part a chair with armrests, with a high back and square, finished at the corners with two wooden ornaments, which were lifted in the shape of horns, covered with cowhide, with big studs, some of which had long fallen, leaving free the corners of the cover, that s 'crumpled here and there. The doctor was in his dressing gown, which is covered with a robe worn by now, who had served many years ago, to plead, I 'monumental day, when he went to Milan, for some reason of importance. He closed the door, and made the young mind, with these words: - son, tell me your case.
- I want to say a word in confidence.
- I am here, - said the doctor: - Spoken -. And sit down on the chair. Renzo, standing at the table, one hand in the crown of his hat, which made her whirl with the other, began again: - I would like to know from you who has studied ...
- Tell me how the fact is - the doctor interrupted.
- you to excuse me: the rest of us poor people do not know how to speak well. I would therefore like to know ...
- Blessed people! you are all well: instead of telling the fact, you want to query, because you already have your designs on the head.
- Excuse me, Doctor. I would like to know whether to threaten a nice, why not make a marriage, there is no penalty.
"I understand," he said to himself, the doctor, who in truth had not understood. "I understand." It immediately became serious, but on a serious mixture of compassion and care, clung tightly to her lips, making out an inarticulate sound that hinted a sense, then more clearly expressed in his first words. - Case serious, son; case provided. You have done well to come from me. It is a clear case, covered in a hundred proclamations, e. .. indeed, in one of last year, the current Mr. Governor. Now we fo see and touch.
So saying, he rose from his chair, and thrust his hands into the chaos of cards, remixing from below upwards, as if it were to wheat in a bushel.
- Where is he now? Come out, come out. You must have many things in your hands! But He must be safe here, because it is a cry for importance. Ah! here, here -. Took it, he explained, he looked at the time, and made a face even more serious, he said: - the 15th of October 1627! Sure, it is the last year: fresh cries, are those that are no longer afraid. You read, son?
- A little bit, Doctor.
- Well, VENITEM behind the eye, and you'll see. And, taking the tumbler in the air shouting, he began to read, mumbling in a rush in a few steps, and stopping separately by grand'espressione, some over others, as needed:
- If good, for the proclamation published in the order of Duke of Feria to December 14, 1620, et dall'lllustriss unsupported. et Eccellentiss. Lord Mr. Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordova, etc., was provided with extraordinary remedy and strict oppression, extortions et tyrannical acts that some dare to commit such devout against these Vassalli MS, however the frequency of the excesses, and malice, etc., has grown to sign , which placed in the need to excel. Her, and so on. Waves, with the advice of the Senate et a Board, etc., has determined that you publish this.
- started by the tyrannical acts, showing the experience that many, so in the City, as in the Ville ... feel? of this State, carrying with concussions et tyranny oppress the weak in various ways, as in work contracts that do violence to buy, lease ... and so on: where are you? ah! here, listen: to follow or not follow marriage. Eh?
is my case - said Renzo.
- Listen, listen, there is much more, and then we will see the effort. It testifies, testifies or not, one would start from where you live, etc., that what you pay a debt, not that other troublesome, that goes to his mill: this has nothing to with us. Ah there we are: the priest does not do what is required for its uficio, or do things he did not touch. Eh?
- Apparently abbian done crying for me.
- Eh? is not it? Hear, hear: and other such violence, which followed by feudal lords, nobles, mediocre, cowardly, et plebs. No way escapes: we are all: it is like the valley of Jehoshaphat. Hear now the sentence. All these evil attioni et similar, although prohibited, however, agreeing to put his hand tighter, SE, for the present, not departing from, etc., orders, and bid them against offenders in any of these items, or similar, you proceeds from all of them ordinary courts of this state penalty and corporal, relegation or even in jail, until his death ... a small trifle! His Excellency the whim, or the Senate, according to the quality of the cases, people and circumstances. This ir-re-mis-si-bil-mind and with all severity, and so on. There's some stuff, eh? And here you see the subscriptions: Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordova, and further down: Platonus and here again: Vidit Ferrer: we are not lacking anything.
While the doctor was reading, Renzo's going slowly behind the eye, trying to tear out the construct clear, and look upon those sacrosanct own words, which seemed to be having her help. The doctor, seeing the new customer closer to terror, we wondered. "Whether he matriculated," he thought to himself. - Ah! ah! - Then said: - But you have done to cut the hair. Have you had any prudence, however, willing to put yourselves in my hands, did not need. The case is serious, but you do not know what I am enough of mind to make, on one occasion. For this output
comprehending the doctor must know, recalled that, at that time, the good of trade, and troublemakers of all kinds, usavan take a long brush, then you tiravan on his face, like a visor, at the time of addressing someone, it 'cases where necessary stimasser Travis, and the company were those that required the same time strength and prudence. The proclamations were not silent on this fashion. Commands His Excellency (the Marquis de la Hynojosa) that people will take that length of hair covering the forehead to align edges only, or will the trezza, or before or after the ears, incurs the penalty of three hundred crowns: and in case of 'inhabilità, three years in prison for the first time, and second, beyond that, better yet, pecuniary et corporal, at the will of His Excellency.
allows, however, that for any chance of being bald, or other reasonable cause signal or injury, such as can, for greater dignity and their health, make your hair so long, what is needed to accommodate such blackouts and nothing more ; feeling fine not to exceed the duty and sheer necessity, to (not) incur the penalty to the other contraffacienti tax.
And likewise commanded to 'barbers, under penalty of three hundred crowns or sections of rope to be given to them in public, yet more et bodily arbitrary as above, which do not allow those who toseranno, no such luck Trezze , Zuffi, Rizzo, nor longer hair of the ordinary, as well as in front of the band, and after the ears, but they are all equal, as above, except where the bald, or other conditions, as stated above. The tuft was therefore almost a piece of armor, and a badge of 'thugs and dissolute, which from what were then commonly called clumps. This term has been and still lives with significantly more attenuated in the dialect and there is perhaps none of 'our readers Milan, who did not remember having heard in his childhood, or relatives, or teacher, or some friend of the family, or any service person, say of him: he is a lock, it's a bunch.
- In truth, as a poor boy, - said Renzo, - I never brought bunch in my life.
- Do not let us do anything, - said the doctor, shaking his head with a smile, mischievous and eager. - If you have no faith in me will not let us do anything. You tell a lie to the doctor, you see my son, is a fool who tells the truth to the court. Lawyer must tell things clear: to us to then cheat. If you want me to v'aiuti, you must tell me everything, from A to Z, his heart in his hand, as his confessor. You must designate the person to whom you have had a mandate: it will of course respect the person, and, in this case, I shall go to him, to do an act of duty. I will not tell, you see, I know from you, which hath sent him, trust me. I'll tell him I come to implore his protection, for a poor young man slandered. And he will take the appropriate concerts, to finish the deal is commendable. You understand well that, unless, will also save you. But if the break was all yours away, do not pick me: I dug worse by cheating others ... Provided that they have offended the person of respect, mind you, I promise to take off out of trouble: with a little 'expense, mind you. You must tell me who the offended, as they say, and according to the condition, quality and mood of a friend, you will see whether it is appropriate to keep the mark with more guards, or find some way to attack us criminal, and put a flea in his ear, because, you see, he knows how to handle the proclamations, no one is guilty, and no one is innocent. As to the curate, if the person of opinion, if they keep quiet, if it were a little head, there is no remedy for them. On each plot we can get out, but it takes a man and your case is serious, I tell you seriously: the cries sings clear and if it should decide between justice and you, so-to-face, were fresh. I am speaking to you as a friend: the escapades must pay: if you want to get away with, money and sincerity, trust who loves you, obey, do everything you will be suggested.
While the doctor was sending out all these words, it was Renzo watching with rapt attention, like a materialone is the square looking at the players Bussolotti, who, having driven in the mouth tow and tow and tow, pulls out tape and tape and tape, which never ends. But when he had understood what the doctor meant, and what mistake he made, the tape broke off in her mouth, saying - oh! Doctor, as he intended? the whole is just the reverse. I have not threatened anyone, I am not of of those things, I said, and also to ask all of my town, who feel that I have never had to do with justice. The knavery have made me come to you and to know how I have to do to get yourself justice, and I am very glad to have seen the screaming.
- Devil! - Said the doctor, opening his eyes. - What a mess I do? In fact, you're all like you might not know how to say things clear?
- But excuse me, she gave me no time now to tell you the thing is. So I know I had to marry today - and here the voice of Renzo was moved, - today I had to marry a young man, to whom he talked, as of this summer, and today, as I say, was the appointed day with the curate , and had prepared everything. Here the curate began to tear out out some excuses ... enough not to bore you, I did speak out, as was right, and he confessed to me that he was prohibited on pain of death, to this marriage. That arrogant Don Rodrigo ...
- Go on! - Immediately interrupted the doctor, frowning, wrinkled his nose red, and twisting his mouth - eh via! I come to break his head with these lies? Fate of these discourses of you others who do not know mince words, and do not come to them with a gentleman who knows what they're worth. Go, go, do not know what you say I hanged me with guys I do not want to hear this sort of talk, talk in the air.
- I swear ...
- Go, I say you want me to do de 'your oaths? I have nothing to do: I wash my hands -. And if it was wrinkled, as if the wash really. - Learn to speak is not a surprise as a decent man.
- But listen, but listen, - Renzo repeated in vain: the doctor, still shouting, pushing him toward the door with your hands, and when he had hunted there, opened it, and called his servant, and said: - returned immediately that this man has led to: I do not want anything, I want nothing.
This woman had never, in all the time who had been in that house, made a similar order, but had been uttered with such a resolution, which did not hesitate to obey. He took the four poor beasts, and gave Renzo, with a look of disdainful compassion, which seemed to say: you have that you did it better. Renzo wanted to ceremonies, but the doctor was impregnable, and the young, more and more astonished angry than ever, had to recover the victims refused, and return to the country, telling women the beautiful construct of his expedition.
Women, in his absence, after sadly raise your party dress and put that on the day of work, they conferred again, and Agnes Lucy sobbing sigh. When this was well spoken of 'great effects that you should expect from the doctor's advice, Lucia said that it was necessary to see to help in every way, Christopher's father was a man who not only advise, but to put his work, when they were poor ones to raise, and that would be a good thing potergli say what had happened. - Safe, - said Agnes, and they began to search together the way, since they go to the convent, there maybe two miles distant, if not felt the courage in that day, and certainly no man's opinion would give him advice. But while the parties that balance, he felt a tapping at the door, and at the same time, a subdued but distinct - Deo gratias -. Lucia, who could be imagining, ran to open, and immediately made a small bow family was on a lay Capuchin seeker, with his knapsack leaning to the left shoulder, and keeping the mouth attortigliata and close in the two hands on his chest.
- between Galdino Oh! - Said the two women.
- The Lord be with you, - said the monk. - I come to look for some nuts.
- Go 'to take the nuts for fathers, - said Agnes. Lucia got up and went to another room, but before entering it, he stayed behind to between Galdino, who remained in the same posture right, and, putting his finger to his mouth, he gave his mother a ' look who asked the secret, tenderly, with supplication, and even with some authority.
Seeker, Agnes peering so far, he said - and this marriage? It had to do today: I have seen some confusion in the country, as if there were a novelty. What was that?
- The curate is sick, and we must defer - the woman said quickly. If Lucy was not that standard, the answer would probably been different. - How goes the search? - He added, to change his speech.
- Not good, good woman, not very good. The are all here -. And, so saying, he lifted his wallet of him, and had to jump between the two hands. - They are all here, and, to put together this great abundance, I had to knock on ten doors.
- Ma! vintages are scarce among Galdino, and when s'ha to measure the bread, you can not enlarge his hand in the rest.
- And to bring back the good time, what remedy is there, my lady? The alms. You know that miracle of the nuts, was, many years are, in that our monastery of Romagna?
- No, indeed; raccontatemelo a little.
- Oh! you just need to know that, in the convent, there was our father, who was a saint, and was called the father Macario. One winter day, passing through a lane, in a field of one of our benefactor, an honest man of him, his father saw this Macario benefactor near his large walnut, and four farmers with hoes in the air, and principles to undermine the plant to take root in the sun. "What are you doing to that poor tree?" Macario said the father. "Well, father, son for years and years that I do not want to be nuts, and I make firewood." "Leave her alone," said the father know that this year will make it more walnut leaves. " The benefactor, who knew who it was who had said those words, immediately ordered the workers, which again gettasser the earth on the roots, and called his father, who went his own way, "father Macario, he said, half of the collection will be for the monastery." Word spread of the prediction, and all ran to look at the walnut. In fact, in the spring, flowers galore, and, at the time, nuts galore. The good benefactor had not the consolation of berries, because he went before the harvest, to receive the reward of his charity. But the miracle was all the greater, as you shall hear. That good man had left a son of the press is very different. Now, therefore, the collection, the seeker went shalt recover half that was due to the convent, but he did it again at all, and had the temerity to respond that he had never heard that they knew the Capuchins to nuts. You know now what happened? One day, (get this) the dissolute had invited some friends of the same hair, and carousing, he told the story of the walnut, and laughed de 'brothers. Que ', Received youngsters want to go and see the endless pile of nuts, and he drives them up in the barn. But listen: it opens the door, goes to the corner where he had been placed the great heaps, and while he says: Look, look at himself and see ... what? A pile of dry leaves of walnut. It was an example of this? And the convent, instead of scapitare, we won, because, after such a great feat, the search of the nuts made so, so, that a benefactor, moved with compassion for the poor finder, made the monastery a donkey charity that helps to take the nuts at home. And it was tant'olio that every poor person were to take, according to his need, because we are like the sea, which receives water from all sides, and back to distribute to all rivers. Here
reappeared Lucia, with her apron so loaded with nuts, which barely held it, keeping the two corners at the top with outstretched arms and elongated. While among Galdino, arose again the bag, put it down, and he opens his mouth in order to incorporate the abundant alms, the mother made a face and severe astonished to Lucia, for his generosity, but Lucy looked , he wanted to say, I will justify. Fra Galdino burst into praise, a good omen, in promises, in thanks, and, put the bag in place, was approaching. But Lucia, richiamatolo, said: - I would like a service to you, I would like you to say to his father, Christopher, that I care to talk much, and I do love the poor things to come from us, just now, because we can not go to church .
- You do not want anything else? It will not be a time that Christopher's father will know your desire.
- I trust you.
- Do not doubt -. So saying, he went a bit 'more curved and more content, of what was coming. At
see that a poor girl sent for her, with so much confidence, Christopher's father, and that the finder would accept the commission, without surprise and without difficulty, no one thinks that this was a brother of Christopher dozen, one thing to overwork. It was indeed a man of great authority, in its, and across the boundary, but such was the condition of 'cappuccino, that nothing seemed to them too low or too high. Gl'infimi serve and be served by 'powerful, they enter' buildings and 'slums, with the same attitude of humility and security, sometimes being in the same house, a subject of amusement, and a character without which not decide anything, begging for everything and make all those who asked the convent, all was accustomed to a cappuccino. Going on the road, could also fall into a prince who reverently kissed the tip of the cord, or a brigade of boys who, pretending to be the hands together, gl'inzaccherassero beard of mud. The word "brother" was, in this 'time, uttered with the greatest respect, and with bitter contempt and cappuccinos, perhaps more than any altr'ordine, were the subject of' two conflicting feelings, and felt the two opposite fortunes , because, not having anything, wearing a dress more strangely different from the ordinary, becoming more open profession of humility, s'esponevan closer to the veneration and vilification that these things can draw from 'different moods, and different think of men.
Party between Galdino, - all those nuts! - Agnes said: - this year!
- Mama, forgive me, - said Lucy - but if we had made a pittance as the others, among Galdino should turn again, God knows, before he had the bag full, and God knows when he returned to the convent; and, with the chatter that would have made and feel, God knows if he would have stuck in my mind ...
- Have you thought good, and then it's all love that always bears good fruit, - said Agnes, who, co 'difettucci her, it was a great good woman, and would, as they say, thrown into the fire for that one subsidiary, in which he had placed his entire satisfaction. In this
arrived Renzo, and getting together with a mischievous face and mortified, he threw capons on a table, and it was this last dismal story of the poor beasts, for that day.
- Nice view that have given me! - Said to Agnes. - You sent a good honest man, one that really helps the poor things! - And he told his interview with the doctor. The woman, stunned by failed so sad, he wanted to demonstrate that the advice was good, however, that Renzo and must not have been able to make it how it was done, but Lucy interrupted the question, announcing that he hoped to have found a better aid . Renzo also welcomed this hope, as happens to those who are in distress and nell'impiccio. - But if the father - He said - there is a last resort, I find him in one way or another.
Women consigliaron peace, patience, prudence. - Tomorrow - said Lucy - Christopher's father will definitely, and you will see that you will find some remedy, those poor souls We're not sure we even imagine.
- I hope - Renzo said, - but in any case, I'll get me right, or make me do. In this world there's justice at last.
Co 'painful speeches, and the come and gone that are reported, that day had passed, and began to turn brown.
- Good night - sadly said Lucia to Renzo, who could not resolve to leave.
- Good night - Renzo said, even more sadly.
- a saint help us, - said Lucy: - Use caution, and resign.
The mother said other councils of the same gender, and the husband went away, his heart in the storm, repeating the strange words - in this world there's justice at last! - So much so that a man overwhelmed by the pain no longer knows what he is talking.
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