Romola Chapter 24 - Inside the Duomo

In which a captive Baldassarre enters the Duomo, confronting a stirring scene of devout Florence citizens enraptured by a fervent Dominican friar’s impassioned sermon warning of divine reckoning and urging repentance. The preacher’s solemn call to moral renewal and his own witness to sacrifice deeply move the congregation, intertwining conviction, hope, and foreboding in a moment of collective emotion.