The country of The ring and the book . story was reached that Pietrosface relaxed, that his indignation faded, and that hewas able to smile and compliment his wife upon heringenious brain. Thus it came about that Guidos short period ofhappiness was brought to an end by the dropping ofa bomb into his house in the form of the writ of a legalaction against him for the recovery of the whole of hiswifes dowry. One can conceive how he foamed andshrieked with rage, how he half narcotised Pompiliawith the fetor of his abuse, how he would drag her tothe window by the ear to look at her face, and then,w
The country of The ring and the book . story was reached that Pietrosface relaxed, that his indignation faded, and that hewas able to smile and compliment his wife upon heringenious brain. Thus it came about that Guidos short period ofhappiness was brought to an end by the dropping ofa bomb into his house in the form of the writ of a legalaction against him for the recovery of the whole of hiswifes dowry. One can conceive how he foamed andshrieked with rage, how he half narcotised Pompiliawith the fetor of his abuse, how he would drag her tothe window by the ear to look at her face, and then,with the hiss of a cobra, wrould ask her if she knewwhat she was and what her mother had been. One canimagine, also, how the chaste Beatrice would draw herskirts aside in passing, lest she should be polluted by acreature so infamous ; while the Canon Girolamo, whohad terrified the child by his disgusting advances, wouldnow sneer at the modesty she had had the impudenceto assume. The action for the nullification of the dowry contract 30. o fa ~a> •d W S 2 s o £ « .2 . 0 o 0 OS 3 > > . <u ,• 0) X » ta s * k TH] a Mons in Ph S O 5? 0 «.2 « w « & . H Pi !>. w ffi H . 1 v 73 • <U « c rt fa Violantes Confession came before the Court at Rome in the summer of trial involved an unusual problem and thus excitedan exceptional interest. In this and in subsequent legalproceedings the Abbe Paolo acted on behalf of hisbrother, who remained at Arezzo. The decision wasgiven in Guidos favour. It was proved that Pompiliawas not a daughter of the Comparini. It was ruledthat the contract between the count and Pietro had beenmade in good faith and must therefore stand. Pompiliaremained in quasi-possession of her daughtership, sothat the immediate dowry of £520 bestowed upon herwas undisturbed, while as regards the reversionary pro-perty it was obvious that that could not come into herpossession as she was not legitimately an h
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