November 1714
VeniceAntonio remained in Venice through the winter and spring of this year, and he resumed his teaching post at the Conservatorio. After his sojourn in Vicenza and parts more distant, he was welcomed by his students with applause and the expected level of adolescent admiration. At times, that admiration showed signs of lust among the older girls, a fact which continued to bother me on my visits to the school.
On one particular afternoon, I passed by the old man's studio where Rachel took her lessons and listened intently from outside the doorway. I could tell that the number of girls within had grown over the month and that old man who conducted the lessons had his hands full with the differing levels of competence and practice among them. The girls in his charge were not
