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IV
only of this world
As she grew up, everybody said of her: " She
will become a saint, a saint."
Her name was Margherita Cornado. She lived in
Girgenti, which lies on the south side of Sicily, in the
great mining district. When she was still a child,
her father was a miner; afterwards he came into a
small inheritance, which enabled him to leave off
working.
There was a little, narrow and wretched platform
on the roof of Margherita Cornado’s house in
Girgenti reached by a steep and narrow staircase from
which access was gained through a low doorway.
But it was worth the trouble to ascend it. Arrived,
there was seen not only a mass of roofs, but the air
above the city was full of towers and facades of the
Girgenti churches. And every tower and every
facade was a vibratory lacework of statues, of loggias,
of glittering baldachins.
And outside the city you beheld a wide plain,
gently sloping toward the sea, and a semicircle of
mountains keeping watch over it. The whole plain
had a reddish tint, the sea was enamel blue, the
mountain-sides were yellow. It was a perfect Orient in
warmth and display of colors.
But much more was to be seen. Ancient temples
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