Don Ruggero and his son have for a long time conspired to free their motherland from the hands of the Bourbons, and when they receive news of the arrival of Garibaldi. Altieri, an officer in the service of the Dominators, the Bourbons, admires her immensely, but all his approaches are strongly repulsed by her. Rosalia is the very ideal of the Sicilian beauty, and Capt. Even the sight of her departure with Vincenzino in her arms does not soften him. Finally to destroy all Corrado’s hopes, he discharges poor Rosalia from his farm, where she had been employed for many years. His son, Corrado, a young fellow, loves Rosalia, a shepherdess, but Don Ruggero has always refused to allow their marriage and to recognize little Vincenzino, their child, as his grandchild.
Don Ruggero is an iron-hearted man and strongly prejudiced against the lower classes. This story first takes you to Misslimeri, a little Sicilian village, and into the home of Don Ruggero, a wealthy landowner.
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