“There is a great disgrace as to be defiled by indignity”
“There is a great disgrace as to be defiled by indignity”Viviana expected no callers. The knock upon her small front door took her by surprise. She opened it to find Leonardo da Vinci and Isabetta, another surprise. But here they stood, a blooming flush on Isabetta’s face, and Leonardo, himself, with the shy, endearing grin he wore so well.
“I realize how rude it is of us to come unannounced,” Isabetta chirruped, hands aflutter. “But I’ve run into Leonardo, and we’ve decided upon a wonderful outing. We hope you’ll join us, as no one else seems available.”
Viviana heard what Isabetta did not say—that though Isabetta wished it, the married woman could not walk about alone with the unmarried Leonardo.
“Besides,” Isabetta’s voice gr
