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the feast of san sebastiano ij7i
been taken prisoner. It could not be anything
else.
"What evil night is this?" said Donna Elisa.
"What is it flying about through the air making
the people bewildered and desperate ? You have
seen Gaetano, Cavaliere. He has always, to be sure,
been impetuous and high-spirited, but he has not
been devoid of sense. Yet this night he rushes
straight into the arms of the troops. You know
that he wanted to rebel, you know that he had come
home for the purpose of rebelling. And when he
hears the shooting and the cries of ’ Long live
socialism ! ’ he becomes wild and giddy. He says to
himself that it is the insurrection, and he rushes down
the street to join in it, crying ’ Long live socialism’
with all his might. And so he meets a great
number of soldiers, a whole army. For they were on
their way to Paterno, but heard the shooting in
Diamante, and marched in here to see what the matter
was. And Gaetano is no longer able to distinguish
a soldier’s cap. He believes it is the
insurrectionists, he believes it is the angels of heaven, and he
rushes in amongst them and lets them take him
prisoner. And these who before have captured
all the brigands, as they stole away with their
plunder, now also lay hands on Gaetano. They pass
through the city and find everything quiet, but
before departing they pronounce sentence upon their
prisoners. And Gaetano receives the same sentence
as those who have committed burglary and murdered
women. Have they not lost their senses, Cavaliere ? "
Donna Micaela could not hear what her father
answered. She herself wanted to ask a thousand
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