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IL VICCOLO DI MADAMA LUCREZIA.
father welcomed him with the same cordiality that I had received from the marquise. He took it upon himself to negotiate a reconciliation between mother and son, and was finally successful, though not without considerable difficulty. The Marquis Aldobrandi very opportunely contracted the fever of the Campagna and died of it. Ottavio inherited his title and fortune, and I was godfather to his first child.
