“I think I can forgive him for killing me, though it’s very hard, but not if he has killed Pico,” Angelo says. Girolamo nods. “The Count says he has recovered from his illness.” “I am trying,” Angelo says again. “Christ forgave his torturers. Do you think Piero knew what he was doing, any more than they did?” “If he didn’t then that’s my fault. I was his tutor. I should have taught him right from wrong, or at the very least smart from stupid.” Angelo screws up his face and looks as if he might weep again.
