Masterpiece Theatre As the story advances a couple of years, Maggie and Amerigo now have a son (Principino), much to the delight of Maggie's father (Adam Verver). Verver, who is a widower, is being encouraged by Maggie to find the right woman and re... (more)-marry. After successfully shunning the advances of the unhappily married American Mrs. Rance, Verver begins a relationship with Amerigo's ex-lover Charlotte Stant. Things get interesting indeed when Verver proposes marriage.