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Maddalena had been acting out, more so recently than before. She was always closest to Lorenzo, and now that he was off in Naples, the ever extending time without her father was getting under her skin. As for Clarice, with everything going on, she now rarely had time to spend with her children. Maddalena was too young to understand why their mother was too busy to speak to her daughter herself, unknowing of why Clarice asked Maria to speak to her instead.
“What is it?” she asked her eldest sister, lifting her slingshot again at one of the vases in the hall. Maddalena quickly placed a rock into it and fired. She had decent aim for her age, so it struck the vase and smashed a hole into it.











