And when I told him it was one of the contadine, the wife of a tenant of mine, he would not believe it.

But I never heard her sing after Serafino--that was her husband--was killed at the fair in Genazzano.

And one day the fevers took her, and so she died, leaving Nino a little baby.

Then you know what happened to me, about that time, and how I sold Castel Serveti and came to live here in Rome.

Nino was brought to me here.