accordance with the
discretion they asked of her,
she did not mention the child
again, but Fernanda viewed
her as an undesirable witness
of her shame and lamented
the fact that they had
abandoned the medieval
custom of hanging a
messenger who bore bad
news. It was then that she
decided to drown the child in
the cistern as soon as the nun
left, but her heart was not
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