'I do think of the children, and would do anything in the world to save them; but I do not know how to save them – whether by taking them away from their father, or by leaving them with a dissolute – yes, a dissolute father...
— Io mi ricordo dei bambini e farei di tutto al mondo per salvarli, ma non so io stessa come salvarli: se sottrarli al padre o abbandonarli a un padre depravato. Sì, depravato...