Gu[ido C]a-rani, an engine\,$[er of# noble descent, has ]:,just
: l,ost his so:n b ]orn to hi!m by a chorus dance:[r, -(__wh_o, desperat e, ha-s bec;-_ome a nun. A:::fter a whi =le h\[e a !lso
loses his *^ wife;\ and daughter in a car accident. Poor Guido ^!%is in d-espair, but _;soo;?.n he
 me!
et /s Lina-, a w^$oman who i$]s a^ dea:d r_+^!inger: for  Lu_i sa.