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112 the miracles of antichrist.
dared not say it. He imagined that the advocate
sat expecting that he would yield. He believed that
the whole city came in to see if he really would
dare to send his father-in-law away.
Donna Elisa, who had so much to do in her own
shop that she could not come herself, sent old Pacifica
in to him continually and asked what he thought of
the ringing. And the rector came also into the shop
for a moment and said, like all the rest: " Have you
ever heard such frightful ringing, Don Ferrante?"
And Don Ferrante wondered if the advocate and
Don Matteo and all the others came only to reproach
him because he wanted to send away Cavaliere
Palmeri.
The blood commenced to throb at his temples.
At times the room seemed to turn round and round.
And continually someone came in and asked:
" Have you ever heard such a terrible ringing?"
But the one who did not come and ask at all was
Donna Micaela. She could not come, as she felt no
fear. That the passion which was to fill her life had
now come, filled her with rapture and pride. " My
life will be full and rich," she said. And it terrified
her that hitherto she had been only a child.
She was to depart with the mail-stage, which
passed Diamante at ten in the evening. When it
got to be about four o’clock she thought it was best
to tell her father everything and begin to pack his
things.
But this did not seem to her difficult either. Her
father would soon follow them to Argentine. She
would beg him to be patient a few months, till they
had a home to offer him. And she was sure that
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