Did Rappaccini love his daughter in the story "Rappaccini's Daughter"? What evidence from the story supports your position?

Rappaccini comes across as a cold, insensitive man. When Giovanni first sees him tending to his
flowers, he observes that the doctor avoids the actual touch of the flowers, or the direct
inhaling of their odors, almost like he is walking among malignant influences, such as savage
beasts, or deadly snakes, or evil spirits, instead of beautiful flowers. Thus, when Signor
Pietro Baglioni, a Professor of Medicine at the University of Padua, tells him that the doctor
Rappaccini cares more for science than mankind, and that he has little compassion for other
human beings, he is not completely surprised by this information. However, he points out to
Baglioni, that from his observations, Rappaccini appears to have great affection for his
daughter Beatrice. Baglioni says that it is said that Rappaccini has taught Beatrice all there
is to know of his science and that Beatrice is widely known for her beauty. What the two do not
know at this point is that Beatrice is as poisonous...