human
That is not all, continued Lord Redin, with a calm that seemed supernatural.
gpt
She was your kinswoman. She was Maria Braccio, whom every one believed was burned to death in her cell.
human
But her body--they found it! It is impossible!
gpt
No. They found another body. I put it into the bed and set fire to the mattress. It was burned beyond recognition, and they thought it was Maria. But it was the body of old Stefanone's daughter. I lived in his house. The girl poisoned herself with some of my chemicals--I was a young doctor in those days. Maria and I were married on board an English man-of-war, and we lived in Scotland after that. Gloria was the daughter of Maria Braccio, the Carmelite nun--your kinswoman.