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228 . the miracles of antichrist
though there were steps to tread upon below the
threshold, but there was no step. I stretched forth
my hand to take holy water, I knelt in passing the
high altar, and I listened to hear the little bell, which
used to ring when Father Rossi cofties to mass.
Donna Elisa, there was no holy water, no altar, no
bell-ringing, there was nothing."
" Poor thing, poor thing," said Donna Elisa.
" I then heard hammering and knocking up in one
of the windows. 4 What are you doing to Sor
Ar-rigo ? ’ I cry, for I hear immediately that it is in Sor
Arrigo’s window.
" * We are taking him away,’ they reply.
" Just then, however, the rector Don Matteo
comes, takes me by the hand, and explains
everything to me. And I almost become angry with the
rector when he tells me that it is for a theater.
They need our church for a theater!
" ’ Where is Father Succi ? ’ I ask. ’ Is Father
Succi still left ? ’ And he leads me to Father Succi.
He is obliged to lead me, for I cannot find the way.
Since they have taken away all the chairs and
hassocks and rugs and platforms and loose steps, I
cannot find the way. Before I found my way here as
easily as you."
" The rector will provide you with another church,"
said Donna Elisa.—" Donna Elisa," said the old
woman, " what is it you say ? You might as well
say, that the rector can give us our sight. Can Don
Matteo give us a church where we see, as we could
see in this ? Over there, Donna Elisa, stood an altar,
the flowers on it were as red as Etna at sunset, and
we saw it. We counted sixteen wax-lights over the
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