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126 228 . the miracles of antichrist
" But I will still believe in God," she said, folding
her hands as if to return, nevertheless, the last and
best.
" Your eyes, ye people of Diamante, are wild and
evil," said Father Gondo. " God is not with you.
Antichrist has driven God away from you."
Donna Micaela’s eyes sought Gaetano’s. " Can
you give such a poor, impoverished being anything
to live for?" they seemed to ask. His glance met
hers with proud assurance. He read in her
beautiful, beseeching eyes how her quivering soul clung to
him for support. Not for a moment did he doubt
that he would be able to make her life rich and
glorious.
She thought of the joy which now accompanied
him whenever he showed himself. She thought of
the joy which had surged around her that night in
Palermo. She knew that it sprang up out of the
new faith in a happy earth. Would this faith and
this joy be able to seize her, too ?
She wrung her hands in agony. Would this new
faith become anything to her? Would she not
always need to feel as poor as at that moment ?
Father Gondo bent down towards the fire.
" I repeat it once again," he cried, " if only one
steps forward and says that this image has saved his
soul, then will I not burn it."
Donno Micaela felt at once that she did not wish
the poor image to be annihilated. Recollections of
the sweetest moments of her life were knit about it.
" Gandolfo, Gandolfo," she whispered. A
moment ago she had seen him beside her.
" Yes, Donna Micaela."
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