From the highest star

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"Mother! Since Maddalena is getting married and therefore can no longer be my lady, I have found a new one, she is Fioretta Gorini" The girl kept her face down, she didn't know what to say.
Fiammetta smiled and took that young girl's hand.
"Come on I'll give you some new clothes" Beatrice's mother walked the corridors with the poor girl, Beatrice looked at them and smiled, she loved doing good and helping people. Speaking of which, he was about to go to the hospital to assist the sick and children who were in the nearby orphanage.

As he quickly walked down the street to the hospital, he passed the Palazzo Medici and saw Bianca and Lucrezia outside the door, they were waiting for Clarice.
Approached.
"Beatrice, darling, what are you doing here?" Lucrezia asked.
"I'm going to the hospital"
"I would have liked to have come, but Clarice is coming, why don't you wait a bit with us, ah here she is!" I whirled around and the Orsini family carriage came towards us.
Clarice got off after Maestro De Becchi.
"I hope you have had a good trip" "The Maestro was very kind to accompany me, he must have been an excellent tutor for Lorenzo, this city is beautiful, the dome is wonderful"
"It was a real privilege to accompany you!" Gentile De Becchi replied.
"She is my daughter, Bianca" "Pleasure"
"My pleasure!" Bianca answered "Beatrice, how nice to see you!" Clarice exclaimed "It is for me too, maybe tomorrow you will come to Palazzo Ridolfi for lunch, now I have to go to the hospital"
"Of course, have a good day!"
"Isn't Lorenzo there?"
"He will be here soon! You can wait for him in his rooms" replied Lucrezia.

"Good morning Father!"
"Oh Beatrice, come, Giovannino was asking for you!" Beatrice put on an apron and went to the cot of Adele, a young woman, Giovannino's mother. "Adele ... how are you!"
"Madonna promise me to take care of Giovannino, please!" She didn't have much time left.
"I promise you, I'll take it with me to the Palace ... here it is!" Giovannino approached.
"Mom!"
"Giovanni ... listen to me ... when I am gone, you will have to promise me to be good, to respect the people who love you, and not to kill, promise me!" The 6-year-old boy shook his mother's hand.
"I promise you, I love you mom" the last words he said to his mother were those, he hugged Beatrice's body crying, the girl's eyes were shining. "Come on Giovannino, come!" Beatrice took the child by the hand and headed home.

"Hello Giovannino!" Giulio exclaimed. "Good morning Messer Ridolfi" replied the boy.
The father looked at his daughter who had a sad expression on her face. "I understand ... er ... Anna prepares a room for Giovanni"
"Giovanni go with Anna" I told them. "When?"
"A little while ago ... I promised to protect him"
"And you will ... we will do it all, he will live here!" Beatrice hugged her father.
"Clarice has arrived, I saw her before, I told her if she would like to come to us for lunch tomorrow, maybe we can also invite Lorenzo, Giuliano, Bianca and Lucrezia?"
"Okay, I'll ask you after the party"

Clarice observed the books one by one, wandered around the room waiting for Lorenzo and when she was about to open a book the door opened.
"Sorry" Clarice put the book back right away.
"Please ... look how much you want ... how was your trip, was Gentile in good company?"
"He was generous with information, Florence fascinates him"
"He bored you"
"No ... no no, that's not what I meant" Lorenzo smiled.
"Have you read it? It's Ovid, the original version" Clarice looked at him with a misunderstood look.
"You don't read Latin ... I should have the Italian translation here somewhere"
"No ... that's not it" Lorenzo raised his face to his wife.
"So what is it?"
"If I'm not mistaken he educates men and women in the art of seduction"
"... I had to imagine it"
"I'm sorry"
"No, no, I'm sorry" while Lorenzo approached Clarice someone knocked.
"Lorenzo!" Soderini quickly opened the door.
He looked at Clarice.
"Ah ... sorry"
"Luca Soderini she is my wife ... Clarice De'Medici"
"Honored ... I urgently need to speak to you Lorenzo ... in private it would be better"
"Go ahead" said Clarice Lorenzo nodded and followed Soderini.