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’palazzo geraci and palazzo corvaja 87
ended. In olden times it was not only the noble
families themselves who vied with each other, it was
also their neighbors and dependents. All Diamante
is constantly divided between Geraci and Corvaja.
There is still a high crenelated wall running through
the city, separating that part of Diamante which sides
with Geraci, from that which has declared itself an
adherent of Corvaja. To this day no one from Geraci
will marry a girl from Corvaja. And a shepherd
from Corvaja cannot let his sheep drink at Geraci’s
well. They have not the same saints even. San
Pasquale is worshiped by Geraci and the black
Madonna is Corvaja’s patron-saint.
A man from Geraci can never believe anything
else than that Corvaja is full of goblins, witches and
ogres. A man from Corvaja would wager his soul’s
bliss that in Geraci is nothing but rogues and
pickpockets.
Donna Micaela lived in the Geraci district, and
soon all that part of the city were adherents of her
railroad. Accordingly Corvaja could not but
oppose her.
The inhabitants of Corvaja were particularly
displeased over two things. In the first place, they
were jealous about the black Madonna’s prestige,
and therefore did not like that another
miracle-working image had come to Diamante. In the
second, they feared that Mongibello would bury all
Diamante in fire and ashes if it was encircled with a
railroad.
A few days after the fair, Palazzo Corvaja opened
hostilities. Donna Micaela found one morning on
the platform of the roof terrace a lemon so closely
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