The sacristan's greedy and ambitious wife who exploits a hydrocephalus child to beg for alms at fairs. She flirts with and runs off with the trickster Septimio, leading to the child's death. After being deserted and returning penniless, she is publicly stoned by villagers until her husband intervenes. Ultimately portrayed as almost saintly after her husband forgives her.
Co-conspirators in the systematic exploitation of the child for alms.
Married couple bound by poverty and shared greed.
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