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120 228 . the miracles of antichrist
life. So great he has never felt before as there on
the summit of Mongibello.
But on this day of rejoicing, Falco does not wish
to work. " To-morrow," he says, " I will go to work
and deliver Mongibello from the railroad."
On the road between Patern6 and Aderno lies a
lonely farmhouse. It is quite large, and it is owned
by a widow, Donna Silvia, who has many and strong
sons. It is a brave people that dare to live the year
round alone out in the country.
It is the day after the one on which Falco had
adorned Mongibello. Donna Silvia sits in the yard
at her distaff. She is alone, there is no one at home
on the farm but her. Just then a beggar steals in
quietly through the gate.
He is an old man with a long, bent nose, which
hangs down over his upper lip, bushy beard, dull
red-edged eyes. One cannot see uglier eyes, the
white in them is yellow, and they squint. The
beggar is tall and very thin; when he walks he moves
his body in such a way that it seems as though he
wriggled along. He walks so quietly that Donna
Silvia does not hear him. She first becomes aware
of his shadow which, slender as a snake, comes
meandering along towards her.
She looks up when she notices the shadow. Then
the beggar bows and asks for a course of maccaroni.
" I have maccaroni over the fire," says Donna
Silvia. " Sit down and wait and you shall have your
fill."
The beggar sits down beside Donna Silvia, and
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