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228 . the miracles of antichrist
She had a heavy, inactive body, and she had a heavy
and inactive temperament.
" This day when she gave food to the poor, she
seemed quite like a different being. A chivalrous
people inhabit our noble isle. Among all these
poor there was no one who made her feel that she
practised charity. They worshiped her, but it was
as woman they worshiped her. They sat down to
dine as though it were with an equal. They treated
her as a hostess is treated by her guests. To-day
I do you the honor of coming to you, to-morrow
you do me the honor of coming to me.
" She stood on the high steps of the court-house
and looked down over the tables. And when the
old chair-maker, who sat at the head of the table,
had had his glass filled, he rose, bowed to her and
said: 41 drink to your welfare, signorina.’
" And thus they all did. They laid the hand on the
heart, and bowed to her. It had perhaps been well
for her if she had met with so much chivalry earlier
in life. Why had the men in her native land suffered
her to forget that women are made to adore ?
" Here all looked as though they burned with
gentle adoration. Thus the women on our noble
isle are treated. What did they not give in
return for the food and wine she bestowed. They
gave youth and a light heart, and all the honor of
being enviable. They made speeches to her.
* Magnanimous signorina, you who have come to us
from over the sea, you who love Sicily,’ and so
forth and so forth. She showed that she could blush.
She no longer concealed that she had a smile.
When they had finished speaking, the lips of the
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