A Duck To Water

September, 1957

Ranieri Di San Sasciano suspected all women and swore a solemn oath not to marry one unless she was a virgin.Teresa, the young lady he finally married, had a spotless reputation, but her mother, Madonna Ricciarda, who had trained her carefully, almost ruined her marriage without meaning to do so."You must do everything you can to please Ranieri," she told her daughter. "Let your one thought be to give him pleasure and to make him love you."When Ranieri took his bride to the p...