Chapter 15 Alley-4

The monastery is not far from that stone path.Once upon a time, on this stone path, Master Gambilari and his son passed the couple.The nurse had a long conversation with the confessor, and only when the priest promised to keep it secret did she tell him that Ellie wanted to see her husband Yura and was going to donate a silver lamp worth a hundred Spanish piastres to the monastery church. "One hundred piastres!" said the priest angrily. "This matter will offend Lord Gambilari. What will our monastery do? Last time, he asked us to collect his son's body at the Simby battlefield. It's not a hundred, but a thousand. And that doesn't include candle money."

We also have to say good things about the Abbey side.Two older monks, after learning of Ellie's situation, went to Albaro to find her, intending to force her to return home by force or violence.They knew that Master Gambilari would give him a handsome reward if this was done.Now the streets and alleys of Albaro are talking about Ai Lei running away and her mother offering a huge reward for her daughter's whereabouts.Poor Alley thought that Yura was dead, and she was very sad.The two old priests were so moved that they not only did not betray Allie, but told her mother where she was hiding, and agreed to escort her to Fort Pollora.

Ellie and Marida, still dressed as workers, walked at night to a spring in the Farira forest, ten miles from Albaro.The monk has already ordered the mules to wait there.By daylight they were on the road to Polora.In the forest, the soldiers knew that the monks were under the protection of the prince, so they greeted them respectfully when they met them.But their attitude towards the two little men accompanying the priest was very different.They looked at them very seriously at first, and when they came close, they burst out laughing, and repairman Gong said that the person riding on the mule is a bit pretty.

The friar saluted them as they walked: "Shut up, you blasphemers. To be clear, we are here on the orders of Prince Corona. " Poor Allie was unlucky, she waited three days in Polora for the Prince to come back.He agreed to see her.The prince looked very serious and said, "Miss, why are you here? What's the point of your rash behavior? It's because you couldn't keep your mouth shut that you killed seven Italian warriors. No sensible person would Forgive you. In this world, you either say yes or you don’t. Recently, some people probably talked too much, which caused Yura to be convicted of sacrilege. Burned like that.

In fact he is one of the most devout Christians I know!If you hadn't talked too much, how could anyone have made up such a horrible lie that Yura was in Castro on the day the monastery was attacked?Everyone here will tell you that they saw him at Pollora the other day, and I sent him to Vertelli that night. " Ai Lei burst into tears and asked in tears, "Is he still alive?" She asked this question no less than ten times. "He died for you," said the Prince. "You will never see him again. I advise you to go back to the Castello Convent and stop rushing into it. I order you to leave Posada within an hour from now." Laura. Especially don't tell me you saw me, or I'll be rude to you."

Yura respected and loved the famous Prince Corona very much, and Eileen also loved him.Who knows that she is very sad to be treated like this by him now. No matter what Prince Corona said, Ellie came here after careful consideration.If she had been to Polora three days earlier, she would have seen Yura.Yura injured his knee and could not walk. The prince sent him to the town of Avazzano in the Kingdom of Naples. By this time Monsieur Gambylari had bribed the court, and the dreadful verdict had been delivered, and Yura was guilty of trespassing on the monastery and sacrilege.Hearing this new news, the Prince thought that three-quarters of his men could not be trusted to protect Yura under such circumstances.Each of these robbers considered it their exclusive right to defend the Virgin, and to oppose her was a crime.At such a time, if Rome had sent a marshal deep into the forest of Farjira, he would have been able to catch Yura.

After arriving in Avazzano, Yura changed her name to Fontana.Those who escorted him were prudent men.When they returned to Bollora, it was sadly announced that Yura had died on the way.At this time, the prince's soldiers all understood that whoever mentioned Yula's name in the future would not be able to survive. Ellie went back to Alvaro, writing letters to Yura, spending all the money she had on hiring someone to deliver the letters.The two old monks had by this time become her friends, for, according to the Florentine author, beauty does not fail even to the basest selfish hypocrite.The two monks told the poor girl that it was useless to send a message to Yura, because Prince Corona had declared Yura dead.

The prince disagreed, and he must not show his face.Alley's nanny wept and told her that her mother had at last discovered her hiding place and ordered her to be sent to the Gambilari mansion in the city of Albaro.Allie knew very well that once she returned home, she would be put into death row and cut off from the outside world forever.If she returned to the Castro Convent, she would at least be able to send and receive letters like the other nuns.In addition, she made up her mind to go back to the monastery, and there was another reason, Yura shed blood in the monastery garden for her.She wanted to look again at the wooden chair of the nuns on which Yura had sat observing the wound on his knee, and that was where he had given Marida a bouquet of flowers stained with blood.She has always carried this bouquet with her.

Alley sadly returns to the Castro Monastery.This story could have ended here.This is more suitable for her and the readers.For indeed we shall witness the slow degradation of a pure and noble heart.From then on, she was cautious everywhere, fabricated civilized lies everywhere, and put aside the innocent actions governed by strong and natural feelings.The author of the Roman version has a rather simple argument here: a woman labors to give birth to a beautiful daughter, and she thinks she has the ability to guide her life; when the daughter is six years old, the mother has reason to say to her: "Miss, pull your collar Go!" When the daughter is eighteen years old and the mother is fifty years old, and the daughter is as sensible as the mother, or even more sensible than the mother, the mother still thinks that she has the right to arrange her daughter's life, and even has the right to tell lies.Below we will see how Ai Lei's mother tried her best to torture her daughter for twelve years, and finally put her to death.

This is the sad ending of the mother forcibly controlling the fate of her daughter. Before Master Gambilari died, he was relieved to see that the city of Rome announced the verdict on Yura, sentenced Yura to be branded for two hours, then burned slowly, and the ashes were thrown into the Tiber River.Today, on the frescoes of the Santa Maria Novella Monastery in Florence, you can still see how this kind of torture was carried out on those who committed sacrilege.When executing a sentence, it is generally necessary to arrange a lot of guards to prevent the angry crowd from rushing up and acting as the executioner.Because at that time everyone thought they were loyal defenders of the Virgin.Lord Gambilar saw the verdict before he died.He gave the land between Alvaro and the sea to the lawyer who prepared the judgment.The lawyer was not without merit, for none of the witnesses said that Yura was the young man who disguised himself as a messenger and led the attack of the robbers.This generous gift made all the conspirators in Rome jealous.At that time, there was a monk in the Holy See who was cunning and omnipotent, and could even force the Pope to make him a bishop.He worked for Prince Corona, and had the utmost respect for this powerful client.When Mrs. Gambilari saw her daughter return to Castro, she called the monk and said: "If your lord can do me this favor, I will definitely reward you very much. The situation is like this. Soon, in Naples Pronounce and execute the sentence against Yura. The Governor of Naples is my distant relative. He wrote me the news. I ask your lord to read this letter. Where can Yura hide? I will send to the Prince Go to fifty thousand piastres, and ask him to transfer all or part of this sum to Yura. On condition that he let Yura join the army of the King of Spain to put down the rebellion in Flanders. The governor will issue Yura The certificate of being a captain. But I think his sentence will be executed in Spain. Therefore, he has to change his name and call him Baron Lizara. Lizara is a small territory of mine in Abruzzi. I pretend Sell ​​the land and try to transfer the property rights to him. I don't think there is a second mother in the world who would treat the murderer of her son like this. In fact, for five hundred piastres, we can get rid of this annoying man forever. But we don't want to make things difficult for Corona. So I ask your lordship to tell the prince that I'm willing to spend sixty or eighty thousand piastres out of respect for him. I don't want to hear the name Yura again in my life .Please convey my respect to the prince."

The monk said that in three days he would go to Osty's side.Lady Gambilar gave him a ring worth a thousand piastres. A few days later the friar returned to Rome, and told Madame Cambilari that he had not conveyed her advice to the prince.In a month, however, Yura would be in Barcelona, ​​and she could transfer him fifty thousand piastres through one of the banks in the city. The prince had some difficulty convincing Yura.Although Yura knew it was dangerous to stay in Italy, he couldn't make up his mind to leave his country.The prince told him to look further away, Mrs. Gambilar would always die, and promised to let him come back no matter what the situation was after three years.But it's useless to say that.Yura burst into tears, but refused to leave.The prince had no choice but to say that it was his personal request for his help. The prince was a friend of his father, and Yura had no choice but to refuse.But he wanted to know about Ai Lei anyway.The Prince promised to forward him a long letter, and allowed him to write to her once a month in Flanders.Finally Yura set off for Barcelona with a heavy heart.The prince did not want Yura to return to Italy, so he burned all his letters.We forgot to explain that the prince does not like to be thanked by others by nature, but in order to make it easier for Yura to accept it, he had to tell Yura that he thought it was a good idea to send fifty thousand piastres to the only son of a loyal subordinate of the Gao family. suitable. Poor Ellie was treated like a princess at the Castro Convent.After her father died, she inherited a large inheritance and owned a huge family fortune.When burying her father, she gave a piece of black to everyone who was willing to wear mourning for Mr. Gambilar.A letter from Yura came to her from a stranger when she first began her filial piety.She was so excited when she opened the letter, and she was so sad after reading it.She checked the handwriting very carefully and was sure that the letter was from Yura.The letter talks about love.But God, what a feeling!It turned out that this letter was concocted by Mrs. Gambilari.Her plan was: write seven or eight intense letters first, and then write some letters to let the love gradually cool down. Time flies.Ten years of unhappiness, we have summed up here.Alley felt that Yura had forgotten her.But she reservedly refused the courtship of the most noble son and young master in Rome.However, when Octave Corona was introduced to her, she was a little tempted.It was the eldest son of the famous Prince Fabrizio Corona, who had received her roughly at Polora.It seemed to her that if she had to have a husband as protector of her lands in Rome and in the Kingdom of Naples, the name that had formerly been revered by Yura was less detestable than any other.If she agreed to the marriage, she would soon learn the truth about Yura.For the old Prince Fabbris used to speak passionately of the extraordinary bravery of Colonel Lizara (Jura).He was like the hero of old novels, who, because of unhappy love, is indifferent to all joys and wants to relieve his sorrows by noble deeds.He thought Ellie was already married, because Mrs. Gambilar kept making up lies to deceive him. Allie is half reconciled with her crafty mother.The mother desperately wants her daughter to marry. Cardinal Santi Guato, old patron of the Convent of the Visitation of Our Lady of Castro, is a friend of Ellie's mother and is about to go to Castro.She made him announce in secret to the aged nuns of the convent that he had received a decree of amnesty, which delayed his journey.Pope Gregory XIII had mercy on the robber Yura.The robber had invaded the monastery and was convicted of sacrilege.The pope believed that Yura would never get out of purgatory with this crime, even if he was caught and killed by rebellious barbarians in Mexico, he could not be exempted from this punishment.Now that he is dead, the Pope has decided to vacate his sentence. The news shook the entire Castro Monastery and reached Alley's ears.At this time, she, a million-dollar but very boring person, was driven by vanity to do a big stupid thing.Everyone knows that on the day of the fighting, Yura hid in the duty room of the nuns who conveyed her.In order to fix her bedroom in this duty room, Allie paid for the renovation of half of the monastery.Since then, she has stayed in this bedroom, closing the door.In that battle, among Yura's men, five survived.She managed to hire three people alive, regardless of others' comments, one of whom was Yug, who was old and wounded.Seeing these three people caused a lot of people to talk.But Alley's haughty character scared the whole monastery.They were seen every day in livery outside the fence listening to her and often spending much time answering her constant questions. Hearing that Yura was dead, Ai Lei stayed behind closed doors and lived in seclusion for six months.Her heart was crushed by incurable pain and chronic boredom.Now it is awakened by vanity. Not long ago, the dean passed away.Cardinal Santi Guato was also ninety-two years old.Nevertheless, he remained patron of the monastery.According to custom, he draws up a list of the names of three nuns, and the pope chooses one of them to be the abbot.Normally, the pope doesn't look at the last two names on the list, he just crosses them off, and the abbot is considered selected. What used to be the duty room of the conveyance nuns was now a bedroom at the top of the wing of the new building built at Alley's orders.The bedroom window is about two feet high, and outside is the corridor where Yura's blood was sprinkled.Now it is part of the garden.One day, Ellie stood by the window, staring at the ground.At this moment, three nuns passed by the window, who had been shortlisted by the cardinal a few hours earlier as the successors of the late abbot.Alley didn't notice them, so she didn't greet them.One of them got annoyed and said loudly to the other two: "A boarder, it would be a good idea to open the bedroom to the public!" This brought Ellie back to her senses.She raised her eyes and saw three pairs of hostile gazes. Ignoring them, she closed the window, thinking, "I've been a lamb long enough in the monastery. Just to provide some amusement to the curious gentlemen of the town, and I've got to be a wolf." An hour later she sent for her mother with a letter.For ten years my mother had lived in Rome, where she had great prestige.The letter read: "Dear mother: "Every year on my birthday, you send me 300,000 francs, and I spend it here. Although it is decent, it is nonsense after all.Even though it's been a long time, you didn't show any concern for me.But for all your kindness in the past, I know how to repay you in two ways.I will not marry, but I am happy to be abbot.I decided on this idea because the three nuns recommended by Cardinal Guiato to the Pope were my enemies, and whoever they were chosen would be insulting to me.Please give my birthday present to the person who should give it.Let's start by pushing for a six-month delay in the appointment of the new dean.This will delight the rector of my friend's monastery.For at present she presides over the affairs of the monastery, which is also a source of happiness to me.I rarely use that word when talking about your daughter.I think my thinking is a little crazy.But if you think there's any chance of success, I'll be a nun in three days.I spent eight years in the monastery and never slept out, so I was entitled to a half-year exemption.Exemption permits are no problem, forty crowns will do. "Dear mother, I salute you..." Mrs. Gambilar was delighted to read this letter.She regretted it very much now, and felt that it was wrong to have someone announce Yura's death to her daughter.She did not know how to free her daughter from deep sorrow.She had expected that her daughter would act recklessly, and she was even afraid that her daughter would go to Mexico to find the place where Yula was said to have been killed.In that case, she might have found out Colonel Lizara's real name in Madrid.But on the other hand, what my daughter requested in the letter was very difficult, and even ridiculous.How could a girl who was not yet a nun, who had been madly in love with a robber, and possibly madly in love with a robber, lead a convent?It should be known that the princes and dignitaries in Rome have relatives in every family!But, thought Mrs. Gambilar, it was said that any case could be fought, and might be won.Mrs. Gambilari sent a glimmer of hope to her daughter in her reply letter.When my daughter is usually impulsive, she always has absurd ideas, but after a long time, she will cool down again.In the evening, my mother asked everywhere about the Castro Monastery.I heard that Cardinal Guato had been in a bad mood for several months: he wanted his niece to marry Don Octave-Glauna, the eldest son of the Prince Fabrizio mentioned above, but the Prince only wanted to marry him. She agreed to marry the second son.The King of Naples and the Pope finally contacted each other to fight against the bandits in the forest of Faria.The war caused the loss of Prince Corona's property for no reason.In order to make up for the loss, the prince asked the eldest daughter-in-law to bring 600,000 piastres (3.21 million francs) to the Corlauna family as a dowry.However, even if Cardinal Guato took all the property of his relatives, it would only be between 380,000 and 400,000 ecu. Mrs. Gambilari ran late that night to check on some of Guato's friends.At seven o'clock the next morning, she called on the old cardinal and said to him: "Your Excellency, we are both old enough to lie and lie. I'm here to give you an idea.Maybe a little whimsical, but arguably, it's not all that scary.Of course, I also admit that it is indeed very absurd.Someone once proposed to Don Octave to marry my daughter Alley, and I took a liking to him.On the day of his marriage, I ask you to hand over to him two hundred thousand piastres in estate or cash.A widow like me made such a great sacrifice to have my daughter Ellie become Abbot of the Castro Monastery.She is twenty-seven years old now.She has lived in the courtyard since she was nineteen.For this reason, the election of a new director had to be postponed for six months.Doing so is in line with the canon. " The old cardinal couldn't help but exclaimed: "What are you talking about, madam? What you ask of a poor old man who is exhausted and exhausted, even the Holy Lord himself cannot do." "That is why, my lord, I say it is absurd. A fool would think it mad. However, those who are familiar with the affairs of the Holy See know that our gracious Pope Gregory XIII is willing to complete the marriage for the sake of Reward Your Excellency for your long and faithful service. The Romans know that Your Excellency has longed for this marriage. Besides, it is achievable, because it is according to the canons. Tomorrow, my daughter will be a nun." "Ma'am, but this is the crime of buying and selling priesthood..." the old man shouted in a terrible voice. Mrs. Gambilar stood up and said goodbye. "What kind of paper is this, did you throw it here?" "Here is the property list. If he doesn't want cash, I'll give him land worth 200,000 piastres. The transfer of property rights can be done slowly and secretly. For example, the Corona family has a lawsuit with me, and I Can lose..." "But, priesthood sin! Madame, terrible priesthood sin!" "First of all, the appointment of a new director must be postponed for six months. I will come back tomorrow to take your lord's orders." I think it is necessary to explain to readers who were born in the northern Alps why there are several passages in their dialogue that are almost bureaucratic.I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in strictly Catholic countries most conversations about sensitive issues go to the confessional, so it is not inconsequential whether the conversation is respectful or ironic. The next day Mrs. Gambilari was informed that, due to a major error discovered in the list of candidates for the Superior of the Castro Convent, the second nun on the list had an apostate in her family, and one of his great-uncles was in Udina. Believed in Protestantism.Consequently, the appointment of the President was postponed for six months. Mrs. Gambilar is going to add a large amount of property to the Gao family.She felt that she should go to the activities with Prince Corona.After two days of careful arrangements, she finally met the prince in a village near Rome.But after the meeting, she was very disturbed.The prince was usually reticent, but at this moment he kept praising Colonel Lizara's military exploits.It was impossible for him to keep this a secret.The prince regarded Yura as his favorite student, even as his own son, holding the letter from Flanders in his hand and reading it over and over again.If Eilee knew that Yura was still alive and had made great achievements, wouldn't Mrs. Gambilari's hard work be in vain after making so many sacrifices in the past ten years? There are many plots in the manuscript describing the customs and customs at that time, but the narration is sad, so I think it should be omitted.The author of the Roman book took a lot of effort to study the specific dates of many details, and I have also deleted them. Two years after Mrs. Gambilari's meeting with Prince Corona, Alley became the abbot of the Castro Monastery, and Cardinal Guato died a painful death after committing the crime of buying and selling the priesthood.At this time, the bishop of Castro diocese was Don Francisco Cidardini, a nobleman of the city of Milan.He is the most beautiful man in the Holy See.Courteous and refined, the young man was very close to the abbot, especially when she was building a new cloister to beautify the abbey.Bishop Cidadini was twenty-nine years old, and he was madly in love with the beautiful Abbot.A year later, some nuns testified in his trial that the bishop came to the monastery very frequently, saying to the abbot: "Elsewhere, I command everything. I am ashamed to say it, but it makes me happy. And beside you, I obey like a slave, but I also feel joy, and it is far more than the joy of commanding everything.I am ruled by a noble being, and have no will but thy will.I would rather be your lowly slave all my life than leave you and be a king. " Witnesses said that when he said such nasty words, the dean often told him to shut up, and the words were very rude to show his contempt for him. Another witness said: "Really, the dean reprimanded him like a servant. The poor bishop bowed his head and shed tears under the circumstances, but just lingered. Every day he found a new excuse to come to the convent, and the confessor of the nuns and the enemy of the abbot were chattering.But the abbot, a close friend of the abbot, fiercely defended her.The master manages the internal affairs of the monastery under the direct leadership of the abbot. The principal said: "Noble sisters, you know that when the abbot fell in love with a warrior when she was young, it turned out to be very unpleasant, which caused her to have many strange ideas. But you all know that she has a very special character, and she will never trust anyone she looks down on.She scolded poor Monsieur Cedartini in our presence.Maybe she has never said so many curse words in her life.A person of his position is scolded every day, and even we feel blush. " But the disgruntled nuns said: "Yes, he comes every day. So it's not bad for her to treat him privately. Anyway, this kind of relationship damages the reputation of the Convent of Our Lady of the Visitation." The haughty abbot insults the young bishop every day, which is several times worse than the harshest master reprimanding the worst servants.However, the bishop fell in love.He always remembers the motto he brought from his hometown: once a thing has started, it must be done by any means. Said the bishop to his confidant Seza de Benar: "After all, a lover who withdraws from the field of love unless absolutely necessary is contemptible." Now, my tedious work can only be to extract the records of a lawsuit. It must be very boring.After the lawsuit was over, Allie committed suicide.I have read the record of this lawsuit in a library (I cannot name it).Folio, eight large volumes.The interrogation and deliberations were in Latin, and the answers were in Italian.I read in these materials that one night in 1999, around eleven o’clock, the young bishop came alone to the door of the church where believers could come and go during the day. She received him in the house she used to occupy.There was a secret door in the room leading to the pulpit in the church hall.Within an hour the bishop was dismissed.The abbot himself escorted him to the door of the church, and said to him: "Go back to the house, and leave me quickly. Good-bye, my lord, you really disgust me. It was as if I had given my body to a servant. " Three months later, Madman's Day came.At that time, the carnival in Castro City was very famous.People marched in masks.Cheers resounded throughout the city.People pass by a small window with iron bars.Inside the window is the stable of the monastery.But it is well known that, three months before the carnival, the stables were transformed into parlors.It's always packed during the holiday season.Among the reveling crowd, the bishop passed by in a carriage, and the abbot made a sign to him.At one o'clock that night, he really came to the door of the church and entered, but was driven out within three quarters of an hour.He had been coming to the monastery almost every week since the first meeting in November.Everyone could see the smug look on his face, and the young and arrogant dean was very annoyed by it.Easter is Monday.On this day, as usual, the abbot treated him like the worst of men, and said things to him that would have been unbearable to the poorest coolie in the monastery.But within a few days, she winked at him again.Sure enough, the handsome bishop arrived at the door of the church in the middle of the night.She had called him to tell him that she was pregnant. As soon as she said that, the bishop turned pale and transfixed, according to the case record.The dean had a fever, so she asked someone to call the doctor and told him the whole story.Knowing the patient's generous character, the doctor promised to help her out of trouble.He first introduces her to a commoner's wife.Although the woman is not a professional midwife, she has skills in this area.Her husband is a baker.After talking to her, Ellie is very satisfied with her.She told Allie that she had a plan to save her, but she needed help from a confidant in the monastery. The midwife is gone.After a few hours, Ellie felt that she could not be allowed to talk outside, so she called the doctor, and called the midwife back to the monastery, where she was warmly received.This woman guarantees that even if she is not asked to come back, she will never reveal the secrets told by others.But she reiterated that if there were not two women in the hospital who knew the inside story and were loyal to the dean, it would not be possible to do this (she must have thought of infanticide).After thinking over and over again, the dean decided to tell the master of the monastery, Sister Bellard, the daughter of Duke C and Marquis P, about this terrible private affair.She made them swear by their prayer-books not to reveal a word, even in the confessional.The two women felt chills all over their bodies.They admitted in later interrogation that they thought the aloof dean would tell a story about a murder. The dean said bluntly to them: "I have lost my integrity, I am pregnant." Victoa and Eilei have been friends for many years. She was very disturbed when she heard this sentence, and asked with tears, "Which daredevil made this crime?" In fact, she was flustered, not out of curiosity and wanted to know . "I didn't tell the confessor, how can I tell you?" The two women immediately discuss how to keep this unfortunate secret at the convent.They decided to first move the dean's bed from the bedroom in the center of the monastery to a remote corner to be used as a pharmacy, which is the fourth floor of the building built with Allie's donation.Here Allie gave birth to a boy. For three weeks the baker's wife hid in the master's room.One day when she was hurrying down the corridor with the baby in her arms, the baby cried and she hid in the basement. An hour later Miss Bellard, assisted by the doctor, opened the little garden gate, and Mrs. Baker hurried out of the abbey, and soon out of the town.In the wild, she still felt frightened and didn't know where to hide. When she saw a cave, she hid in it.The dean wrote a letter to the bishop's confidant, Ceza de Bella.He ran to the cave as the letter said.He rode on the horse, took the baby in his arms, and galloped to Montefiegona.The newborn was baptized in St. Margaret's Church and named Alexander.The proprietress of a local inn hired a nurse for the baby, and Saiza gave her eight crowns.During the christening, the women gathered around the church asked Saiza loudly who was the father of the child. He said to them, "It is a lord in Rome who has cheated a poor woman like you." After speaking, he walked away. 7 So far, things have been going pretty well.There are more than 300 gossiping women living in such a large monastery, but no one has seen or heard anything.The abbot took several handfuls of newly minted gold from Rome and gave them to the doctor.The doctor took some of them and gave them to the baker's woman.The woman was adorably dressed, and the husband became suspicious.He rummaged through her box and found a few shiny gold coins. He thought she had done something shameful, so he pointed a knife to her neck to force her to tell the origin of the money.After struggling for a while, she finally told the truth.After the husband and wife reconciled, they discussed together how to spend the money.The wife wanted to use it to pay off her debts, and the man thought it best to buy a mule.So they said buy it and bought it.Unexpectedly, this mule caused trouble. It turned out that the neighbors knew that the couple were poor.The gossiping women of the town, friendly and hostile, came one after another, asking the baker's wife which generous lover had paid for their mules.The woman got angry, and she couldn't help but shed some light in her speech. One day Bella went to see the children, and then came to report to the dean.The dean hadn't recovered yet, but still pulled himself together, and came to the fence, blaming him for being careless in employing people and leaking the news.The bishop fell ill with fright at these news, and wrote to his brothers in Milan, asking them to come to their aid, saying that he had been unjustly accused.He became very unwell and decided to leave Castro.Before leaving, he wrote a letter to the dean. "As you probably already know, it has been exposed. So, if you have the heart to save my reputation, and even my life, from making things worse, you can blame this on Jean Bart, who died a few days ago. Thesta Daolali. If this method cannot restore your reputation, at least it will prevent any further damage to mine." The bishop called for Don Luiz, the confessor of the Castro convent, and said to him: "Please give this letter to the abbot himself." The dean read this shameless text message, and shouted in front of everyone in the room: "A frivolous woman who prefers a beautiful appearance to a noble heart, deserves to be treated like this!" Castro's gossip in the streets soon reached the ears of the stern Cardinal Farnez (for several years, he had put on such a stern look, hoping that in the next pope election, he could win the "hardliners" Red Cardinal. Bishop's support).He immediately ordered the Castro magistrates to arrest Bishop Cidadini.The servants of the bishop's mansion fled for fear of being involved.Only Bella was loyal to his master and swore that he would rather die by torture than confess anything that would harm his master. Seeing the mansion surrounded by the police, Siddardini wrote to his brother for help.But by the time they came hastily from Milan, the bishop was already in the prison of Rancilliona. In the preliminary trial record, I saw that the dean admitted his fault, but denied any relationship with the bishop.She said the accomplice was Dollari, the Abbey's lawyer. Gregory XIII ordered the case to be dealt with swiftly and strictly.A criminal judge, a prosecutor, and a police superintendent were then sent to Castro and Lanciliona.Bella, the bishop's servant, admitted only that he had carried a child to the nurse's.The judge interrogated him in the presence of Victoire and Bellard, and tortured him for two days.He endured the pain of flesh and blood, and kept his word, and the judge took nothing out of his mouth. Viktoria and Bela de Mudu Bella were punished, and when they were interrogated, they confessed what they had done.All the nuns were questioned to find out the culprit, and most said it was His Excellency the Bishop.One of the nuns also quoted the abbot who scolded the bishop when he kicked him out.She went on to say: "They speak in such a tone, they must have a relationship. Usually the bishop is very conceited, but every time he walks out of the church, he looks embarrassed." There was a nun with instruments of torture in front of her.She answered the interrogation that the criminal was a cat, because the dean always held it in his arms and stroked it.另一个修女则说，罪魁应该是风，因为刮风的日子，院长总是显得高兴。而且她还修了个临风阁。经常站在上面任风抚摸，在这时要求她帮什么忙，她是决不会拒绝的。面包商的女人、奶妈、蒙特菲雅高纳那些饶舌的女人，看到贝拉受刑，吓得心惊胆战，全都供出了真情。 年轻的主教在郎西立奥纳病倒了，或者说假装病倒了。他的几个兄弟以此为理由，借助冈比拉立夫人的威望和影响，多次拜见罗马教皇，请求在主教恢复健康之前暂停审讯。严厉的红衣主教法内兹为此增派士兵看守监狱。既然不能审问主教，法官们便开庭再审院长。一天，艾蕾母亲托人传话，叫她鼓起勇气，否认一切，然而她什么都承认了。 “起初，你为什么要把罪推到道拉立身上？” “出于对那位懦弱主教的怜悯。另外，我救了他那条可怜的性命，他便能照顾我的儿子。” 招认后，院长被关到卡斯特罗修道院一间房子里。房子的墙壁和房顶都有八尺厚。修女们谈起这间黑牢来都害怕。大家称之为修士室，院长在这里由三个修女严密看守。 主教的身体稍有好转。三百多名警察和士兵便把他从郎西立奥纳监狱提出来，用驮轿押到罗马，关在一座名叫考特沙瓦拉的监狱。不几天，修女们也被带到了罗马。院长关在圣玛特修道院。有四个修女受到控告：威克朵阿小姐、贝拉德小姐、传达修女和听到院长辱骂主教的守门修女。 法庭助理庭长是司法界的首要人物之一，他负责审问主教。可怜的贝拉重新受刑，他不但什么也没承认。还说了一些让检察官不快的事情，结果又被动了刑，威克朵阿和贝拉德小姐也受了轻刑。主教愚蠢地否认一切，而且十分固执；他在艾蕾身旁度过三个夜晚，这是抵赖不掉的，于是，编出一大堆细节，说明他是清白的。 最后，法庭让院长和主教对质。尽管她一直说的是实话，法庭还是对她动了刑。她一再重复第一次供认的事实。而主教仍然抵赖，还大骂院长。 在查理五世和菲利普二世统治之后，司法系统虽说也采取了一些明智的措施，但占上风的仍是严刑峻法的思想。正是基于这种思想，主教被判无期徒刑，关在圣·安热城堡，院长被判终身监禁，关在她所在的圣·玛特修道院。 冈比拉立夫人为了救女儿，已经雇人挖掘地道。地道从宏伟的古罗马城留下的一条下水道挖起，挖向圣·玛特修道院安放修女遗体的地下室。地道约两尺宽。为了防止塌方，左右两边的土壁都用木板撑住。雇工们一边向前掘进，一边用两块木板架成Ａ型的拱顶。 地道处于三十尺深的地下。重要的是要把握好方向，因为不时遇上水井或楼房基脚，工人不得不绕过去；处理挖出的土也很困难。看来只有在夜晚将它们撒在罗马的各条街道上。这些泥土仿佛从天而降，大家都感到惊奇。 为了设法救出女儿，冈比拉立夫人花了好几笔巨款。但她挖的地道肯定是被发现了。不过，教皇格列戈利十三世于年去世，一时皇位空缺，朝纲开始混乱。 艾蕾在圣·玛特修道院的境遇极其恶劣。一个十分富贵的院长，犯了这种罪，被几个贫穷的小修女看守，会受到什么对待，我们可想而知。艾蕾迫切地盼望母亲雇人进行的工程早日完成。她突然间内心感到一种异样的激动。早在半年以前，法布立司·高劳纳见格列戈利十三世的身体危在旦夕，便拟了一个雄心勃勃的计划，准备在皇位空缺时实施。他派了一名军官去探望尤拉。尤拉化名厉扎拉上校，在西班牙军队里名声很响。高劳纳召尤拉回意大利，而他也归心似箭。他用假名在亚得里亚海滨的小港佩卡拉下船。小港坐落在多山的阿勃鲁兹地区，由基埃蒂地方统辖。他走出山路，直抵波洛拉。亲王见到尤拉，喜出望外，使得大家十分惊异。他对尤拉说，召他回来，是为了叫他当自己的继承人，来指挥军队。尤拉回答说，从军事上说，这没有多大意义。假如西班牙真要消灭意大利的民间武装，只用半年时间，花很少一点钱，就可达到目的。 “但是，话说回来，”尤拉又说，“只要您亲王有此意愿，我就准备干了。我在您面前，永远是在西安比战场上献身的拉钮司的继承者。” 在尤拉到波洛拉之前，亲王已发布命令，禁止任何人谈论卡斯特罗主教和院长一案，违者格杀勿论。在接见尤拉的喜悦气氛中，亲王要求陪他去阿尔巴罗，他先派一千士兵占领了该城，再拨一千二百人马把守去罗马的大路。当年的老司柯底依然健在，亲王把他召来，请到充作司令部的房子，让他走进自己和尤拉所处的房间，可以想象可怜的尤拉心情是何等的激动。两个朋友拥抱成一团。 亲王对尤拉说：“可怜的上校，现在有件事很糟，你应有思想准备。” 说到这里，亲王吹灭蜡烛，把两个朋友锁在里面走了。 第二天尤拉不愿出门，派人请示亲王准许他回波洛拉，并要求请几天假。而那人回来告诉他，亲王和他的部队都不见了。原来夜里，亲王获悉教皇格列戈利十三世驾崩，立即集合队伍，忘了叫醒尤拉。尤拉身边仅留三十余人，都是原先拉钮司的部下。大家清楚，在那个时代每当皇位空缺，法律便松弛，人人都想满足自己的私欲。谁有武装，谁就有一切。 这就是高劳纳亲王在断黑前派人绞死五十多个敌人的原因。 虽然尤拉手下不到四十人，但他勇敢地向罗马进军。 卡斯特罗修道院院长的仆人，都住在圣·玛特修道院附近的简陋房子里。他们仍然忠于主人。格列戈利十三世拖了一个星期才断气。冈比拉立夫人迫不及待地盼着教皇早死，好趁着混乱，挖通最后五十来步长的地道。由于地道要通过几户人家的地窖，她担心工程在扫尾阶段会暴露目标。 尤拉回到波洛拉的第三天，艾蕾雇用的三个老仆人（他们曾在尤拉手下当兵）像发了傻劲。他们明知艾蕾被关在秘室，并由几个对她怀有敌意的修女看守，但他们中间的育格还是来到修道院门前，请求准许他立即入内见主人。他的要求被拒绝，他本人被赶出门外。他虽然失望，却仍待在那里不走，给每个进出修道院的勤杂人员一个铜板，并清楚地告诉他们：“和我一起高兴吧。尤拉老爷回来了。他还活着。请告诉您的朋友。” 育格的两个伙伴不断给他送钱，同时也和他一起不分白天黑夜向公众散发，并重复着同样的话，直到所有的铜板发完为止。然后三个老兵轮班到圣·玛特修道院门口守候，向过路人问好，并说着同样的话：尤拉老爷回来了，等等。 这些忠诚老兵的计划果然成功。发了第一个铜板后还不到三十六小时，关在秘室里的艾蕾便知道尤拉还活着。这个消息简直让她发了狂：“母亲呵！你害苦我了！” 几小时后，小玛丽达来证实了这个惊人的消息。她送掉了自己所有的金首饰，才被允许跟着送饭的传递修女入内。艾蕾激动得热泪盈眶，扑到她怀里说：“这太好了，可我不可能和你在一块了。” 玛丽达说：“肯定能的，我想，新教皇当选之时，你的监禁就会改为流放的。” 这次相会后的第三天夜里，在圣·玛特修道院，教堂的一处地面轰然一声塌了下去。修女们以为修道院要倒塌了，吓得乱成一团，惊叫发生了地震。教堂大理石地面陷落一个小时后，冈比拉立夫人跟着三个从前为艾蕾当差的老兵，由地道进入黑牢。 老兵欢呼道：“胜利了！胜利了，小姐！” 艾蕾却十分害怕，她以为尤拉也一块来了。老兵们告诉她，跟来的只有冈比拉立夫人，尤拉指挥几千名士兵，刚刚占领阿尔巴罗城。她这才放心，恢复了平常的严肃表情。 不一会儿，冈比拉立夫人出现了，她由一个侍从搀扶着，迈着艰难的步子走出来。侍从穿着制服，佩着宝剑。不过他那身礼服上却沾上了泥土。夫人呼道：“呵，我心爱的艾蕾！我来救你了！” “谁说我想获救？” 冈比拉立夫人一下惊呆了。她瞪着眼睛看着女儿，内心惶惑不安。她镇定了一下说：“好吧，亲爱的艾蕾，命运迫使我向你承认一件事。过去我家遭到许多不幸，我那时做这件事或许是很自然的，但今天我很后悔。我要请你原谅，尤拉……澎西福……还活着……” “正因为他活着，我才不想活了。” 起初，冈比拉立夫人没听明白女儿的话，后来，她明白过来了，就可怜巴巴地恳求她，但女儿没有答话。她转向十字架作祈祷，不再理睬母亲。差不多整整一个小时，冈比拉立夫人费尽口舌，叫她开口，或看一眼母亲，但终究是白费气力。最后艾蕾不耐烦了，说：“过去，我把他那些信，藏在阿尔巴罗我那间小房的圣像基座下。当初让父亲把我捅死就好了！您出去吧，把金子给我。” 尽管侍从惊惶地向她示意，冈比拉立夫人还想继续与女儿说说，可艾蕾忍耐不住了。 “至少再让我自由一个小时吧。您害了我一辈子，现在还不让我安静地死吗？” “我们还可以控制地道两、三个小时。我希望你能回心转意。”冈比拉立夫人哭着说。 她从地道走了。 艾蕾对一个老兵说：“育格，你留在我身边。带好武器，我的朋友，因为可能还得保护我。让我看看你的匕首、长剑、短刀。” 老兵一一让她检查了。武器都很好。 “那好，你到外面守着吧。我要给尤拉写一封长信，然后由你亲手交给他。我不愿别人去送。我没什么好隐瞒的，信中写的你都可以看。把我母亲留下的金币装到你口袋里吧。我只要五十枚就够了。放在我床上吧。” 艾蕾说完这些话，便开始写信：“我对你没任何怀疑，亲爱的尤拉。我要没有失足，该有多么幸福。现在我去了，因为不这样，我会在你的怀里痛苦万分。你不要以为，在你走后我还爱过别的男人。情况远非如此。我在卧室里接待过一个男人，但我内心十分鄙视他。我的过错仅仅是因为烦恼，要说是因为放荡也行。可我作过努力。我跑到波洛拉找你。你敬爱亲王，所以我也敬重他。可他却待我冷酷无情。你想一想，经此打击，我的精神遭到了何等的挫伤。你还想一想，我遭到如此打击的心灵，被谎言包围了十二年。我知道，我周围的一切都是假的，都是骗子。 起初我收到三十来封信。你想象一下我拆开这些信时心情是多么激动。可是，我读这些信时，心顿时变得冰凉。我细看了笔迹，认出这些信是出自你的手，却不是出自你的心。你是否想到，这第一场骗局动摇了我整个生命的精神支柱，使我看到你的信感觉不到丝毫快乐。接着有人卑鄙地宣布你死了，把我心灵里尚存的青春时期的幸福回忆扫荡一尽。你可能理解，我首先想的，是去墨西哥，亲手抚摸那里的海滩。据说你是在那里被野蛮人杀害的。假如我的想法实现……我们现在就幸福了。因为在马德里，尽管有人会提防我，在我周围布置很多狡猾的密探，我还是能引起那些稍有点良心和同情心的人关心，可能了解到事实真相，何况，我的尤拉，你的赫赫战功已经引人注目，可能在马德里就有人知道你是澎西福。你想弄清楚是什么妨碍了我们的幸福？首先是亲王在波洛拉冷酷而带有侮辱的接待，其次，从卡斯特罗到墨西哥，会遇到多大的障碍呀！你知道，我当时已经心灰意冷。后来，我又生出了虚荣心。我让人在修道院修建大楼。把传达修女值班室改作我的卧室。因为那一夜你曾在那里待过。有一天，我正在凝视你为我洒过鲜血的那块土地，听到有人在说侮辱我的话。我抬起头，看到了几张恶意的脸。出于一种报复心理，我想当修道院的院长。母亲知道你还活着，所以作了很大努力，使我荒谬地得到了这一职务。可是这个职务给我添了不少烦恼，最后还腐蚀了我的灵魂。我乐于在他人的痛苦中来显示自己的权力；我做过一些不公正的事。我三十岁了，在别人眼里，我有美德、有钱、受人尊重。然而我却觉得十分不幸。就在这时，那个可怜人出现了。他很仁慈，但又很愚蠢。因此，对他最初说的那些话，我没有反驳。自从你走后，我的处境是那样恶劣，以致我的心灵十分软弱，连最小的诱惑也无力抵御。我要不要向你坦白那件丑事？我想一个要死的人，干什么都允许。当你读到这些文字时，蛆虫可能在啃噬本应属于你的美丽的躯体。是的，我应该说出那件令我痛心的事。我那时也弄不清为什么我不像罗马的那些妇人，去尝试那种粗俗的爱情。我曾有这放纵自己的想法，但我投入这个男人的怀抱，总是感到厌恶和烦闷，哪里还有一丝快感。眼前总浮现出你我在阿尔巴罗我家花园里相会的情景。那时你在圣母玛丽亚的感召下，产生了那种表面高尚的想法，而实际上它是除我母亲之外造成我们不幸的又一原因。你从不压人凶人，总是那样温柔、善良。你注视着我。可我和另一个男人在一起时，有时生起气来，我真恨不得要使出全身气力揍他。亲爱的尤拉，这就是全部实情。我不愿把这一切瞒着你去死。我原来也想过，把实情向你说出来后，我可能又会打消死的念头。可我现在只是更明白了，我如果保持了清白的身子，与你重逢该是何等的快乐啊。我愿你活着，留在军队里，要知道我听到你的战绩时有多高兴啊。God!若我收到你的信，尤其是在阿舍纳战役后的信，那又会是怎样一番情景啊！生活下去吧！别忘了牺牲在西安比战场上的拉钮司，别忘了艾蕾。为了不看到你责难的眼神，我就在圣·玛特与你永别了。 " 写完信，艾蕾走近老兵，见他已睡过去了，悄悄地抽出他的短剑，然后把他叫醒，对他说：“我写完了。我担心敌人会占领地道。你快把我桌上的信带走，亲手交给尤拉。一定要亲手交给他，明白了吗？另外，把我这条手帕送给他。告诉他，我过去一直爱他，我现在更爱他，我永远爱他，听清楚了吗？” 育格站起来，但是没离开。 "Go!" “小姐，您想清楚了？尤拉老爷可是非常爱您的！” “我也爱他。拿好信，亲手交给他！” “行。您是这样善良，愿上帝保佑您！” 育格离去了，但立即折了回来。他发现艾蕾已经死去，胸口上插着那把短剑。