AN ITALIAN ROMANCE.
A sad affair has lately been brought to light in Italy. In a small care near Udino a woman was found- who had been imprisoned there 33 years. In 1841 the became attached to an Austrian officer, but her father, a violent. hate&^£ the Austrians, who at that time were in possession of that part of Italy where he resided, refused his consent to a marriage. T'i..' j;irl stated that she would then marry without his permission. He dissimulated his anger, and during a walk, in which he accompanied her, he induced her to descend into the cave with him by means of a rope ladder, with a Tiew of examining it. He was the first to ascend to the surface, and, withdrawing the ladder, loft her. She waa kept regularly supplied with food and clothing, liven when hrr cruel father died she waa not released, for her sister, whose hatred towards the Austrians was equally great, continued the imprisonment. The unfortunate woman, on her liberation, had a complexion of a death-like pallor, caused by the darkness in which, she had so long lived, and her voice had departed, through constant crie3 for help during the early part of her sequestration. She could speak only in a honrse whisper.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2773, 3 January 1878, Page 2
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212AN ITALIAN ROMANCE. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2773, 3 January 1878, Page 2
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