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be coming out of a wall.
- It’s me, Catarina! Tell my father that I need to
speak to him as soon as possible!
So Don Tommaso came back with her father (who
couldn’t have found the place by himself), and she
called out:
- Father, unfortunately my husband has lowered
me into this underground pit. Have a tunnel dug
from the basement of our house all the way here
with supporting arches and a lantern every
twenty feet.Then leave the rest to me.
While they were carrying this out, her father sent
her food every day: hens and chickens and all
kinds of good dishes. Three times a day the prince
would come and call down the trapdoor:
- Catarina, are you sorry for that slap you gave
me?

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