Summary

On March 22nd, Michele and Riccardo leave the house for the evening and Valeria asks her daughter to stay home. She pretends that she wants Mirella to observe Holy Thursday but in truth she hopes they can talk. Earlier in the day, she was relieved that the receptionist left early leaving her alone in the office with Guido. He sat on the opposite side of her desk tracing the initial on her handbag and Valeria felt that he was stroking her. She was delighted by the fantom sensation and the sound of her name in his mouth. When he spoke, he told her that he had come to cherish there time together, he no longer felt alone. He walked her to the church and kissed her hand. When Guido sends flowers to the house on March 26th, Riccardo seizes the arrangement from...