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on the barricade
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III
ON THE BARRICADE
WHEN the English lady awoke next morning, she
missed her image and wondered where she should
seek it. She believed that no one but the monks of
Aracoeli could have taken it. And she hurried to
Capitolium to spy and search.
When she came to the great marble staircase leading
up to Capitolium, her heart beat in wild delight, for
lo ! on the lowest step lay the very one she was
seeking. She seized the image, threw her cloak round
it and hastening home, placed it again on the pedestal.
But as she fell into contemplation of its beauty, she
found that the crown had received a dent. She
lifted it off to see how great the damage was, and at
the same moment her eyes fell upon the inscription
which she herself had engraved :’ " My kingdom is
only of this world."
Then she knew that this was the false image of
Christ and that the right one was restored to Aracoeli.
She despaired of ever having it again, and she
decided to depart from Rome on the following day,
for she did not wish to remain there, when she no
longer possessed the image.
But when she left she took the false image with
her, because it reminded her of the one she loved,
and it accompanied her on all her journeys.
Peace she found nowhere, but traveled constantly,
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