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76 the miracles of antichrist.
The signorina answered that he would live upon
her work.
Don Matteo inquired very seriously if she had
asked herself how her father, who had always been a
rich man, would be able to bear poverty.
Now she was silent. She tried to move her lips
and answer, but she was unable to utter a sound.
Don Matteo talked and talked. She looked more
and more frightened, but she would not yield.
At last he hardly knew what to do. How should
he save her from the haunted house, from poverty
and from the shame which oppressed her ? At that
moment his eyes fell upon the little image of the
Madonna above the bed. The young signorina was
consequently a believer.
Inspiration from above then descended upon Don
Matteo. He felt that God had sent him to save this
poor woman. When he again spoke, there was a
ring in his voice, which was strange to him. He
understood that it was by no means he alone that spoke.
" My daughter," he said, rising, " you shall
marry Don Ferrante for your father’s sake. The
Madonna wishes it, my daughter."
There was something imposing in Don Matteo’s
manner. No one had ever seen him like that before.
The signorina trembled, as if the voice of a spirit
had spoken to her, and she folded her hands.
" Be a good and faithful wife to Don Ferrante," said
Don Matteo, " and the Madonna promises you,
through me, that your father shall have a peaceful old
age."
Then the signorina perceived that it was
inspiration that guided Don Matteo. It was God that
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