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mongibello
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cave with King Arturo. Then the king bade the
servant tell the bishop, that when his wounds were
healed, he would come with his knights of the round
table, and put everything to rights, that was out of
order in Sicily. And anyone who had eyes to see
with, knew very well that King Arturo had not yet
issued from the grotto.
Gaetano would not suffer her to tempt him, but he
thought that he might be permitted to show her a
little kindness. She was still standing, so he went
after a chair for her. He hoped she would not
imagine he would go with her, because of this attention.
But he really enjoyed hearing her tell about her
mountain. Its knowing so many tricks was queer.
It was not at all like Monte Pellegrino near Palermo,
which just stood there. Etna could smoke like a
chimney and emit fire like a gas-lamp. It could
rumble, tremble, vomit lava, throw stones, scatter ashes,
predict what the weather would be and collect rain.
If Mongibello only stirred, city after city fell, as if
the houses had been so many pieces of cardboard
placed edgewise.
Etna was called Mongibello, because that meant
the mountain of mountains. It certainly deserved
to be so called.
Gaetano saw that she positively believed he would
not be able to resist. She had so many wrinkles in
her face, and when she laughed they joined like a
net. He stood watching this. It looked so queer.
But he was not caught in that net yet. She now
wondered if Gaetano would have courage to come to
Etna. For inside the mountain were many fettered
giants and a black castle, which was watched by a
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