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a great man’s wife
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not know whether she had dreamed or whether
something similar had happened in reality. Gaetano
might very well have been in Palazzo Palmeri to
sell his images, although it had escaped her memory,
but now the almond blossoms had recalled it.
But what did that matter? The main thing was
that the young carver was Gaetano. It seemed as
though she had been speaking with him. She
thought she heard the door close behind him.
And it was after this that the idea occurred to her
of building a railroad between Catania and
Diamante.
Surely Gaetano had come to beg her to do this.
It was a command from him, and she felt that she
must obey.
She made no attempt whatever to struggle against
it. She was certain that Diamante needed a railroad
more than anything else. She had once heard
Gaetano say that if Diamante only had a railroad,
so that they easily could send away their oranges
and wine and their honey and their almonds, and so
that the tourists could conveniently get there, then
it would soon be a rich city.
She also felt quite certain that a railroad could
be brought about. At all events she must try. It
did not at all occur to her to refrain from doing so.
Since Gaetano wished it, she must obey.
She began immediately to consider how much
money she herself could contribute. But that would
not go far. She must procure money. That was
the first thing to be done.
That same hour, she was over to Donna Elisa and
asking her for help to arrange a bazar. Donna Elisa
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