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That, however, should not happen, for he would fall
on his knees to Donna Elisa and beg forgiveness of
her. " Gaetano," Donna^ Elisa would then answer,
" You give me an ocean of joy for a little brooklet
of sorrow. Should I not forgive you ? "
Gaetano imagined he saw all this, and it was so
beautiful, that he wept all the more. He only feared
that Donna Elisa would hear how he sobbed and
come out and find him. And then she would not
let him go.
He must talk reason with her. Should he ever be
of greater joy to her, than if he now went ?
It was not Donna Elisa alone, it was also Luca
and Pacifica, who would be so glad, when he
returned a holy man.
They would all go with him up to the market
place. There would be still more flags than in the
streets, and Gaetano would speak from the
courthouse steps. But from all streets and alleys the
people would come streaming forth.
Then Gaetano would speak in such a manner, that
they would all fall on their knees crying: " Bless us,
Fra Gaetano, bless us ! "
After that he would never more go away from
Diamante. He would take up his abode under the
large staircase outside Donna Elisa’s shop.
And they would bring to him the sick, and those
in trouble would make pilgrimages to him.
When the Syndic of Diamante went by, he would
kiss Gaetano’s hand.
Donna Elisa would sell Fra Gaetano’s image in her
shop.
And Donna Elisa’s goddaughter, Giannita, would
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