"May Heaven protect him now," prays Nedda for her lover, while Tonio chuckles.
Nedda, dressed as Columbine, goes about with a plate and collects money.
And dropping her pen, Nedda went again to her window and leaned out.
Of course not, protests Canio, and kisses Nedda on the forehead.
It seemed from this account that the suicide was directly after the trial; even before the boy's letter to Nedda had been written.