In my bed were found the bones of the dead, hooks of iron, and many other things, of which the nuns were well informed.
Nay, I would fain have given up my life to save my soul; and so great were my afflictions, that in despair I went to throw myself into the well, but was restrained by the image of the Virgin at the bottom of the garden, for which I had a special devotion.' In course of time she gave birth to a little girl, named Francesca, who frequented the convent, and whom Osio legitimated as his child.
It was impossible that a connection of long standing, known to several accomplices, and corroborated by the presence of the child Francesca, should remain hidden from the world.

People began to speak about the fact in Monza.

A druggist, named Reinaro Soncini, gossiped somewhat too openly.

Osio had him shot one night by a servant in his pay.
And now the lovers were engaged in a career of crime, which brought them finally to justice.

Virginia's waiting-woman Caterina fell into disgrace with her mistress, and was shut up in a kind of prison by her orders.
The girl declared that she would bring the whole bad affair before the superior authorities, and would do so immediately, seeing that Monsignor Barca, the Visitor of S.Margherita, was about to make one of his official tours of inspection.
This threat cost Caterina her life.