. ▁J org , ▁the ▁elder ly ▁pre acher , ▁obser ves ▁this ▁just ▁as ▁Feder ico ▁arriv es ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁volume ▁away . ▁J org ' s ▁susp ic ions ▁fall ▁upon ▁Feder ico ▁and ▁he ▁shares ▁what ▁he ▁knows ▁with ▁St iff el io . ▁See ing ▁the ▁volume ▁and ▁real izing ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁locked , ▁he ▁is ▁told ▁that ▁L ina ▁has ▁a ▁key . ▁She ▁is ▁sum mon ed , ▁but ▁when ▁she ▁ref uses ▁to ▁un lock ▁it , ▁St iff el io ▁gra bs ▁it ▁and ▁breaks ▁it ▁open . ▁The ▁inc rimin ating ▁letter ▁falls ▁out , ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁quickly ▁taken ▁up ▁by ▁St ank ar ▁and ▁torn ▁into ▁many ▁pieces , ▁much ▁to ▁the ▁f ury ▁of ▁St iff el io . ▁ ▁Act ▁ 2 A ▁gra vey ard ▁near ▁the ▁castle L ina ▁has ▁gone ▁to ▁her ▁mother ' s ▁grave ▁at ▁the ▁c emetery ▁to ▁pray ▁( Ah ▁dag li ▁sc anni ▁et erei ▁– ▁" Ah , ▁from ▁among ▁the ▁eth ere al ▁thr ones , ▁where , ▁bl essed , ▁you ▁take ▁your ▁seat "), ▁but ▁R aff ae le ▁joins ▁her . ▁She ▁immediately ▁asks ▁him ▁to ▁leave . ▁He ▁l aments ▁her ▁re jection ▁( L ina , ▁L ina ! ▁Per der ▁d unque ▁vo i ▁vo lete ▁– ▁" L ina , ▁then ▁you ▁wish ▁to ▁destroy ▁this ▁unh appy , ▁bet rayed ▁w retch ") ▁and ▁ref uses ▁to ▁go ▁( I