Veronica Courtesan
“The King is accompanied by his cousin, Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara. There have been balls, theatrical presentations, musical performances, attended by Henri and Alfonso. I’ve even joined in a poetic masque, where the King was praised as the most valiant Roman Catholic leader fighting the Protestant Hapsburg menace.
More than two years have passed since I last saw Marco, and I believe I’m finally cured of my longing for him. Perhaps God has deemed me greedy, and has withheld my heart’s desir...e as punishment for my pride. I confess my sins all the time, so the good Lord knows about me. There’s a new priest in the parish, an earnest youth, and it must be hard for him to hear the repeated confessions of a woman whose activities probably seem shocking to him. Yet he absolves me each time.
Lovers have come and gone since that mournful night when I refused Marco, but I still have my two faithful regulars, Ludovico and Andrew, and ’tis thanks to Andrew that I’ve been invited to take my place on the Doge’s enormous state barge, the Bucintoro, for a regatta in honour of the visiting monarch.MoreLess
More than two years have passed since I last saw Marco, and I believe I’m finally cured of my longing for him. Perhaps God has deemed me greedy, and has withheld my heart’s desir...e as punishment for my pride. I confess my sins all the time, so the good Lord knows about me. There’s a new priest in the parish, an earnest youth, and it must be hard for him to hear the repeated confessions of a woman whose activities probably seem shocking to him. Yet he absolves me each time.
Lovers have come and gone since that mournful night when I refused Marco, but I still have my two faithful regulars, Ludovico and Andrew, and ’tis thanks to Andrew that I’ve been invited to take my place on the Doge’s enormous state barge, the Bucintoro, for a regatta in honour of the visiting monarch.MoreLess
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