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Maddalena took him down to the Italian church -- St. Peter's in Hatton Garden. And there he must talk with old Father Antonio, Aunt Ottavia's confessor. For to please Maddalena, Gian-Luca had consented in the end to be married in a church. "I would have a blessing on our love," she had said. And because of the gratitude he felt towards her, he had been unwilling to grieve her. He had told her that he did not believe in God, and at that she had only smiled. "You may not believe in Him yet," she had said, "but remember that He believes in you."
"A man should believe in himself," he had replied; "he should not be dependent on his God."