The country of The ring and the book . W 2 ^ 2 O w « o go t_ co £ ° > o The Comparini Family in Rome In the same year of grace 1693, there was to befound in the ancient Tuscan town of Arezzo—some154 miles north of Rome—certain relics of the noblefamily of the Franceschini. The house consisted thenof the Donna Beatrice Franceschini, a widow ofadvanced years,* of her three sons, and onedaughter. The eldest son, Paolo—a man of forty-three—was apriest with the style of abate. He resided at Rome,where he held the office of Secretary to Cardinal second son, Girolamo, who was four years

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The country of The ring and the book . W 2 ^ 2 O w « o go t_ co £ ° > o The Comparini Family in Rome In the same year of grace 1693, there was to befound in the ancient Tuscan town of Arezzo—some154 miles north of Rome—certain relics of the noblefamily of the Franceschini. The house consisted thenof the Donna Beatrice Franceschini, a widow ofadvanced years,* of her three sons, and onedaughter. The eldest son, Paolo—a man of forty-three—was apriest with the style of abate. He resided at Rome,where he held the office of Secretary to Cardinal second son, Girolamo, who was four years youngerthan this brother, was a priest and a canon of the Churchof Santa Maria della Pieve at Arezzo. He lived withhis mother in the Franceschini Palace. The third son,Guido, was thirty-five years of age at the time whenthis story begins. He followed no avocation, and ashis other brothers were priests he assumed the title ofCount and took his place in the household at Arezzoas the head of the family. The only daughter, Por

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