It may be remarked that the same surgeon who had been employed to report on Ottavia's wounds, now appeared to examine Benedetta.

His name was Ambrogio Vimercati.
Benedetta was taken to the convent of S.Orsola, where her friend Ottavia lay dying; and after making a full confession, she eventually recovered her health, and suffered life-long incarceration in her old convent.
Osio was still at large.

On December 20, he addressed a long letter to the Cardinal Federigo Borromeo, in which he vainly attempted to defend himself, and throw the blame on his associates.

It is a loathsome document, blending fulsome protestations and fawning phrases, with brutal denouncements of his victims, and treacherous insinuations.

One passage deserves notice.