May 1847. The cardinal learns that someone tried to hurt Agata and he removes her from the convent of San Giorgio Stilita Agata truly was afraid now; she had no idea who would want to poison her or why, and the fact that Angiola Maria had disappeared meant that now there was no one to watch over her. The abbess had shown herself to be prompt and thoughtful, for the first time, suggesting that Agata keep to the safety of her cell; the abbess’s lay sisters would bring Agata her meals. Her suspicions aroused by this sudden turnabout, Agata thought it over at length and concluded that Donna Maria Celeste’s lay sister, now working for the abbess, was the only one who might have a reason to want her dead, out of fear that she might reveal the abortion that she had helped her mistress procure in that ugly situation. So she refused to eat. On the third day, the abbess came to her cell and with a half smile informed her that the cardinal had authorized brevi at her mother’s home in Palermo.
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