At the start of 1926, after almost three years at The Italian Mail, Sergio resigned. In the letter sent to her along with a substantial severance check for 40,000 lire (nearly equal to that dollar amount today), Giuseppe Rainuzzo, the president of the newspaper’s publishing company, stated that her “resignation [had been] motivated by her precarious health, which [had] deteriorated considerably of late.” Then he added, “Allow me in this circumstance to offer my sincere thanks for the way in which you fulfilled the tasks entrusted to you, tasks often delicate and serious, and which, with your rare intelligence, you fulfilled with the greatest and commendable success.”