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i so the miracles of* antichrist
Donna Micaela looked up, almost terrified. The
image of Christ! There he was already. Would
her prayer be answered immediately ?
Gandolfo continued : " But when Gaetano now
looked up, every one trembled as though they beheld
a miracle, for the man was transfigured.
" O, signori, he was so white that his face appeared
luminous, and his eyes were calm and beamed softly-
" And in him was no longer any anger.
" And he began to pray for his fellow-prisoners, he
began to pray for their lives.
" He prayed, that they should not kill these wretched
fellow-creatures. He prayed that the august judges
should instead do something for them, so that they
might live as others. We have only this life to live,
he said. ’ Our kingdom is only of this world. ’
" He began to tell how these men had lived. He
spoke as though he were able to read their souls. He
told the story of their dismal and wretched lives. His
speech was such that a few of the august gentlemen
wept.
" The words came strong and forcibly, so that it
seemed as if Don Gaetano had been judge and the
judges the offenders. ’ Behold !’ he said to them,
’ whose fault is it, that these poor human beings have
been lost ? Ought not you, who possess the power,
to have taken care of them ? *
" And one saw how filled with consternation they
were at the responsibility he threw upon them.
" But the judge had suddenly interrupted him.
"’ Speak in your own defense, Gaetano Alagona,’
he said,’ and not in behalf of others !’
" Then had Don Gaetano smiled. ’ Signor/ he said*
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