“The desire of man is for the woman, but the desire of woman is for the desire of man.”

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Caïna is in the lowest circle of the Inferno, where fratricides are punished. ↩

Francesca, daughter of Guido da Polenta, Lord of Ravenna, and wife of Gianciotto Malatesta, son of the Lord of Rimini. The lover, Paul Malatesta, was the brother of the husband, who, discovering their amour, put them both to death with his own hand.

Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship , Lect. III , says:⁠—