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124 228 . the miracles of antichrist
it as cleverly as a valet. Afterward he places
himself by the door, as far from her as possible. All of
a sudden, he goes out on the balcony with his gun.
" Now surely the signora need not be afraid."
But as she does not cease crying he says : " Signora,
I am Passafiore, the nephew, I come with a message
to you from Falco. He no longer desires to destroy
your railroad."
" Have you come to jest with me ? " she says.
Then the man answers almost crying: " Would to
God that this were jest! Would to God that Falco
were the same as he has been ! "
He relates how Falco had ascended Mongibello
and adorned its top. But the mountain had not
liked this, and now it had felled Falco. One single
little pumice-stone from Mongibello had been
sufficient to strike down the feared one.
" Now all is over with Falco," says Passafiore. He
wanders down in the quarry expecting to be sick.
For eight days he has neither slept nor eaten. He
is not sick yet, but the wound in his hand does not
heal. He believes that he has the poison in his
blood. 1 Soon I shall be a mad dog,’ he says. There
is no food nor wine that will tempt him. He derives
no pleasure from my extolling his deeds.—’ What is
that to talk about,’ he says. ’ I shall end my life as
a mad dog.’"
Donna Micaela looks sharply at Passafiore.—" What
do you wish me to do about this? You surely do
not mean that I shall go down into the quarry to
Falco Falcone ? "
Passafiore looks down and dares not answer.
She explains to him what Falco has made her suf-
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