THE PROMISES I BRIDES "This is that poor young man; for whom she made me hope her valid protection: and this is the mother". Lucia and Agnese; fleeing from Lecco; find refuge in the convent of Monza; at the request of Fra Cristoforo. Illustration for chapter IX of the historical novel composed by Alessandro Manzoni (7 March 1785 - 22 May 1873) in the first half of the nineteenth century. Chromolithography; Milan; around 1925.