MARCH 22 SANTA LEA
Impilo yalo ngcwele yaziwa kithina kuphela ngemibhalo kaSt. Jerome, okhuluma ngayo encwadini ayibhalele owesifazane omnene uMarcella, opopayi womphakathi ocishe ube yisigodlo sabesifazane lapho ehlala khona e-Aventine. ULea ubuye aqhamuke emndenini ohloniphekile: umfelokazi esemncane, kubonakala sengathi uzoshada nomuntu odumile, uVezzio Agorio Pretestato, obizelwe ukuthatha isithunzi senxusa. Kepha esikhundleni salokho wangena emphakathini waseMarcella, lapho kufundwa khona imiBhalo futhi kuthandazwe ndawonye, bephila ngobumsulwa nobumpofu. Ngale nketho, uLea uguqula izindlela nezingqisho zempilo yakhe. UMarcella uthembele kuye ngokuphelele: kangangoba emuphathisa umsebenzi wokubumba abesifazane abasebasha empilweni yokholo nasekwenzeni izinhlangano zosizo ezicashile nezithulile. Lapho uGirolamo ekhuluma ngakho, ngo-384, uLea usevele ushonile. (Ikusasa)
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