After Dark The Professor's Story of the Yellow Mask Part Third Chapter II

In which the sombre shadow of bereavement alters the lives of the Lomi family, leading Father Rocco to a withdrawn routine interrupted only by a puzzling breach with young Fabio and the receipt of most perplexing anonymous letters. The uneasy meeting between priest and nobleman, fraught with veiled warnings and unexplained reticence, sets the tone for an imminent event that neither wishes to face with full understanding.