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90 the miracles of antichrist.
But he had by no means forgiven his daughter.
He lived under her roof, to be sure, but he treated
her as a stranger, and was never affectionate towards
her. Donna Micaela left him alone, and took no
notice of it. She could no longer take his anger so
seriously to heart. This old man, whom she loved,
imagined that he could continue hating her year after
year ! That he could live near her, hear her speak,
see her eyes, and be surrounded by her love and still
keep on hating her ! Ah, he knew neither her nor
himself! He used to sit and dream of how it would
be when he must confess that he was conquered,
when he must come and show her that he loved her.
One day Donna Micaela stood on the balcony
waving her hand to her father, who rode away on a
little dark brown pony, when Don Ferrante came up
from the shop to speak to her. And what Don
Ferrante wished to say was this, that he had
succeeded in gaining admittance for her father to " The
Brotherhood of the Holy Heart," in Catania.
But although Don Ferrante spoke very plainly,
Donna Micaela seemed not to understand him.
He had to repeat to her that yesterday he had
been in Catania and procured an admittance for
Cava-liere Palmeri to a brotherhood. He could enter
there in a month.
She only asked : " What does this mean ? What
does this mean ? "
" Oh," said Don Ferrante, " I’m tired of buying
your father expensive wines from the mainland, and
I myself would sometimes like to ride Domenico."
When he had said this, he wanted to go. There
was nothing further to be said.
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