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falco falcone 29i
29I
fer. He has frightened away her laborers. He has
thwarted her dearest wishes.
Suddenly Passafiore falls on his knees. He dare
not approach one step nearer to her than he is, yet
he falls on his knees.
He begs that she will see how much there is at
stake. She does not know, she does not understand
who Falco is. Falco is a great man. Ever since
Passafiore was a little child, he has heard about him.
All his life he has longed to go to the quarry and live
with him. All his cousins went to him, the whole
family lived with him. But the rector had made up
his mind that Passafiore should not go. He made a
tailor of him ; only think, a tailor ! He talked with
him and told him not to go. It was such a dreadful
sin to live like Falco. Passafiore had struggled against
the temptation for many years for Don Matteo’s sake.
But, at last, he could no longer resist, he had gone to
the quarry. And now he has not been permitted to
live with Falco one year, before the latter is quite a
wreck. It is as if the sun had become extinct in the
heavens. His whole life has become desolate.
Passafiore looks over to Donna Micaela. He sees
that she listens and understands him.
He reminds Donna Micaela that she has helped a
jettatore, and an adulteress. Why should she be
hard towards a robber? Did not the Christ-image in
San Pasquale’s give her everything she asked for?
He was certain that she had asked the Christ-child to
protect the railroad against Falco. And it had obeyed
her; it had suffered Mongibello’s pumice-stone to
break Falco’s strength. But now, would she not now
be gracious and help them, so that Falco might get
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