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A new idea came to Gian-Luca that night, and he sat up suddenly in bed. "When I go she will miss me," he thought triumphantly. "She shall find out for herself what it means to be without me, how lonely it will feel not to have the Gian-Luca who was always so ready to serve her."
He pictured the Padrona sitting behind the bar, with her face in her hands -- weeping. "Gian-Luca, Gian-Luca, I want you! " she wailed. "I cannot get on without you!"