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e. But. aftersa few months there came
a change. Linda's attitude toward
DIR. secchi changed. She was timid
In his presence and feared to be left
alone with him. Her parents noticed
this, and not long afterward they po-
litely showed Or. Secchi the door.
Tullio was allowed to continue his
intimacy with the doctor. but while
Linda remained at home Secchi never
cana to the house again.
Linda seemed melancholy for a
time, but in 1891. about Is months
after the doctor bowed himself out
Of her young life, she formed new
attachment which opened Chapter II
In her life drama. While on visit
to some friends of her mothers at
Padua, she met the Count Bonmartini
"a young man Of q quiet, pleasant
manner, an agreeable voice, and Z
round. g0od-natured face. The count
came OF an old and aristocratic fam
lily and possessed q private fortune
Of about 100000. In both politics
and religion he differed widely from
the family Of Linda Murri. he being
. Jesuit and a conservative, while
the professor was liberal In his re-
ligtous views, and . pronounced re-
publican.
But love pays no heed to politics
or religion. and Professor Murri was
soon asked to give his consent to the
marriage Of his daughter to the
count. Flattered at the idea Of ar
alliance with q noble house. he did
50. The love letters of the young
couple. introduced during the murder
trial. show them to have been devot.
edly fond Of one another. Tho count
was but poorly educated. and his az
lection was clumsily expressed. But
there is no doubt Of It's genuineness
and the letters of his betrothed fair
ly burn with the passion of q wom-
an, rather than the affection of q
girl. It Is known that she told the
count of her affair with DIR. Secchi
and that he laughingly assured her
he would do his best to make her
forget that unhappy incident Of her
life.
After their marriage. the count and
his wife spent short time at "a re-
sort in the Apennines. then went to
live In his homo city Of Padua. A
daughter. Maria. was born to them
in 1895; q son. Giovanni, two years
later. And all through these early
years of their married life the lamp
Of love burned as brightly as in the
days Of their courtship. Whenever
the count was away from home his
wife wrote him long. impassioned let
ters, breathing the deepest devotion
in every line. and his replies were
equally fervid.
Now opens Chapter III. The
countess mother expressed an earn
est desire to have her daughter near
her, and the young couple moved
from Padua to Bologna. In the latter
city Professor Murri and his wife In
troduced their daughter and son-in-
law into circles frcqusnted by meu
of intellect. and the counts lack OF
education and Of mental brilliance
became painfully apparent. In Pa.
Qua. among the counts old friends
and neighbors, Bonmartinrs medic.
Gritty would never have been noticed
In Bologna It was marked and he
was often made the butt Of refined
but cruel sarcasm.
Countess Linda. deeply mortified
but devoted to her husband, besoughi
him to become proficient in some
branch of science, and he took up the
study OF medicine. He labored hard
over his books. and faithfully attend
ed lectures. But he was a duh stu
dent. and when he went up for his
matriculation examination he failed
miserably. While away. from his
wife, pursuing his studies at college
he still received the warmest Of love
letters from her, In which she begged
him to work hard. that he might
make her happy by becoming q great
physician.
How the poor dullard toiled. and
how his failure racked his miserable
soul. no one but he will ever know
Most men would have thought q wife
should be content with a title and a
share in fortune OF 100000. but
Bonmartini was determined to dc