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...office in the village of Campogalliano (5½ miles off the main road from Modena to Bologna), hangs a large portrait of Garibaldi. From under beetling brows, the old revolutionary soldier looks down on two municipal workers: Ostilio Iotti, 26, whose wife is rich but not pretty, and Santina Caffani, a widow of 30 or more. Together they keep the village records and accounts. Last summer a rumor sprang up that Ostilio and Santina were more to each other than coworkers; the sofa in the registrar's office was often mentioned in these rumors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Love in the Town Hall? | 1/22/1951 | See Source »

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