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96 the miracles of antichrist.
longed for someone who was kind and strong to take
care of her.
It was terrible to think that although she had both
father and husband, she should feel so forsaken, that
this stranger should need to feel compassion for her.
When Gaetano saw how her figure trembled with
suppressed sobs, he too began to quiver.
A strong, passionate feeling took possession of
him.
Again he came close to her and laid his hand on
her arm. And when he spoke, his voice was not
clear and distinct, but coarse and stifled with
emotion.
" Will you fly with me to Argentine if the
Madonna does not help you ? "
Now Donna Micaela shook him off. She felt at
once that he no longer spoke to her as to a child. She
turned and went back to the city. Gaetano did not
follow her, but remained standing on the road, where
he had kissed her, and it seemed as though he never
more could leave this spot.
For two days Gaetano dreamed about Donna
Micaela, but on the third he came over to the
summer palace to speak with her.
He met her on the roof terrace, and he told her
immediately that she must fly with him.
He had thought of it ever since they had parted.
He had stood in his shop brooding over all that had
happened, and now everything was clear to him.
She was a rose, which the powerful sirocco had
torn from its twig and rudely whirled away through
the air, that she might find all the better rest and
protection near a heart that loved her. She ought
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