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victory
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All the people are vine-growers, and when the
phylloxera came and destroyed their vineyards, they
nearly perished of hunger. Agricultural societies
sent them a species of American plants which are
not affected by the phylloxera. The people of Gela
put out these, but all the plants died. How should
the Gela people know how to take care of American
vines ? Well, then some one came and taught them
how."
" Micaela," it came almost like a moan. Donna
Micaela thought that her father already looked like
a vanquished man, but she continued, as though she
had not noticed anything.
" Some one came" she said, with strong
emphasis, " and he had sent for new plants. He began
to set them out in their vineyards. They laughed
at him, they said that he acted foolishly. But his
plants thrived and lived ; they did not die. And he
has saved Gela."
" I do not think this story entertaining, Micaela,"
said Cavaliere Palmeri, attempting to stop her.
" It is just as entertaining as archaeology," she
said calmly. " But I will tell you something. One
day I went into your room to obtain a book about
archaeology. I then found that your whole
bookshelf was full of treatises on phylloxera, about
grape-cultivation and wine-making."
The cavaliere writhed in his chair like a trampled
worm. " Be quiet, be quiet," he said faintly. He
was more embarrassed than when he was accused of
stealing.
But now all the smothered roguishness flashed
forth again in her eyes.
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