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don ferrante
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don ferrante.
A few days later Gaetano stood in his workshop
carving grape leaves on rosary beads. It was
Sunday, but Gaetano felt no twinge of conscience
because he was working, for was it not work to the
glory of God ?
A feeling of anguish and unrest had taken
possession of him. It had occurred to him, that the
peaceful time he had been permitted to spend with Donna
Elisa must now be nearing its end. And he felt
that he would soon be driven out into the world.
For in Sicily great need prevailed, and he saw
distress wandering like a pestilence from city to city
and from home to home, and it had come to
Diamante also.
Therefore no one ever came into Donna Elisa’s
shop to buy anything now. The little images of
saints which Gaetano carved stood in long rows on
the shelves, and the rosaries hung in great clusters
under the desk. And Donna Elisa was in great
need and trouble because she could not earn anything.
This was a sign to Gaetano, that he must leave
Diamante, go out into the world, emigrate, if need
be. For to carve images which never were
worshiped, and to turn rosary beads which never glided
between the fingers of a worshiper could not be
working to God’s glory.
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