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blessing He can bestow upon any living man—to
die in his sleep. I decided to go and see my old
friend the parroco, Don Antonio, he would be
sure to be able to tell me what I wanted to know,
Don Giacinto had been his deadly enemy for half
a century. The parroco was sitting up in his
bed, his foot wrapped up in an enormous bundle
of blankets, his face beaming. The room was
full of priests, in their midst stood Maria
Porta-Lettere, her tongue almost dropping out of her
mouth with excitement: Fire had broken out
in the church of San Costanzo during the night,
while Don Giacinto was lying in state on the
catafalque, the coffin had been consumed by the
flames! Some people said it was il Demonio
who had knocked down the wax candelabra by
the catafalque to set Don Giacinto on fire.
Others said that it had been done by a band of
brigands who had come to steal the silver statue
of San Costanzo. The parroco was sure that it
was il Demonio who had knocked down the wax
candelabra, he had always believed that Don
Giacinto would end in flames.
Maria Porta-Lettere’s account of Don
Giacinto’s death seemed plausible enough. Il
Demonio had appeared in the window while il
Canonico was reading his evening prayers. Don
Giacinto had called out for help and been carried
to his bed in a fainting condition and had died of
fright shortly afterwards.
I was greatly interested, I thought I had better
go down to Capri myself to investigate the matter.
The Piazza was packed with people all screaming
at the top of their voices. In their midst stood
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