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82 the miracles of antichrist.
in something."—" You, you are my wife, no changes
shall be made regarding you."
She was silent a moment. She reflected what she
should say to frighten him.
" Do you know why I am your wife ? "—" Oh
yes."—" Do you also know what the rector promised
me ? "—" That’s the rector’s business, but I do what
I can."—" You have perhaps heard that I broke with
all my friends in Catania, when I heard that my
father had sought their aid and had been refused."—
" Yes, I know."—" And that I came here to
Diamante, that he might be spared seeing them ? "—
"They won’t come to the brotherhood."—"When
you know all this, are you not afraid to do anything
against my father? "—" Afraid ? No, I’m not afraid
of my wife."
" Have I not made you happy ? " she asked—" O,
yes," he answered indifferently.—" Have you not
liked to sing to me ? Has it not pleased you that I
have considered you the most magnanimous man in
Sicily. Hasn’t it pleased you that I have felt at
home in the old summer palace ? Why should all
this end ? "
He laid his hand on her shoulder and warned her.
" Bear in mind that you are not married to a fine
gentleman from Via Etnea ! "—" Oh, no."—" The
customs are different up here on the mountain.
Here wives obey their husbands. And we care
nothing for fine words."
When he talked like that, she became frightened.
The next moment she was on her knees before him.
The night was dark, but enough light streamed
out through the windows of the illumined rooms to
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