Silvia BAIOCCHI was born about 1898, the daughter of Emilio BAIOCCHI & Elvira BERNARDINI
From Divo STAGI we have received this beautiful love story of Silvia BAIOCCHI, the "Doll of Meati.".
Silvia BAIOCCHI was nicknamed the "Doll of Meati" the reason being she was a woman of outstanding beauty.
Mr. Luigi Quilici had become engaged to Silvia. After her death Mr. Quilici married another girl but made it clear to her before marrying that he would want to keep Silvia's photo in their living room.
Their marriage lasted many years and I think that the two were a happy couple. Even so Mr. Quilici never forgot his beautiful and beloved Silvia. Mr. Quilici kept coming to visit my parents and sometimes even invited us to his beautiful villa.
In one of those occasions I saw for the first time a big photo of Silvia.
Silvia represents the beautiful love story of an equally beautiful woman.
I will try and convey to you some of my memories.
Silvia was a worker in the famous Tobacco Company and she would go to her work everyday on foot that is from her village Meati to Lucca and back each time covering a distance of some 4 kms.
One day she was stopped by a young man driving an expensiive car. This man asked her if she would be prepared to marry him.
Silvia's answer did not leave the man any opportunity. She said that a poor girl like her would not be supposed to marry an obviously rich man, because then their life would have been unhappy.
The next thing that this man did was he sold his expensive car and bought a bicycle. He eventually approached Silvia again riding his bicycle and said to her that as he had now become a poor man the obstacle that Silvia had mentioned had been removed. Again Silvia did not believe him and refused him at which the young man kneeled to her and kept saying loudly: Silvia marry me or I will die."
Silvia eventually gave in and from that moment they vowed eternal love.
That young man was Mr. Luigi Quilici and the rest of the story you know!"
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