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moonlit earth. " You are so dazzlingly beautiful,"
he said, " so dazzlingly beautiful."
And for a moment it seemed to Donna Micaela
that she could feel his distress over all the anguish
groveling beneath that beauteous exterior. She
saw life with its vice and suffering as a filthy pond,
full of rank impurities, winding along through this
glittering world of beauty.
4< And no one may enjoy thee," said Gaetano, " no
one dares to enjoy these. Thou art untamed and
full of caprice and wickedness. Thou art insecurity
and danger, thou art remorse and agony, thou art
want and shame, thou art all that is horrible because
the people have not wished to make thee better.
But thy day will come," he said triumphantly.
" They will one day turn to thee with all their love.
They will not turn to a dream which is powerless to
help."
She interrupted him abruptly. She began to fear
him more and more.
" It is true then, that you have not been
successful in England ? "
" What do you mean ? "
" It is said that the great master to whom Miss
Tottenham sent you has said that you . . ."
" What has he said ? "
" That you and your images were fit for
Diamante, but nowhere else."
" Who says such things ? "
" One believes it, since you are so changed."
" Because I am a socialist now ? "
"Why should you be that, if you have had
success ? "
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