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348 the miracles of antichrist
sands of questions, for the people have now learned
that he has come. Instantly the whole street is full
of all those who wish to see him. Donna Elisa has
locked the door because she well knew that she
should not be left alone with him a moment after
they had discovered him, but it does not greatly help.
They knock on the pane and pound on the door.
" Don Gaetano," they cry, " Don Gaetano ! "
Gaetano comes laughing out on the steps. They
swing their caps and cheer. He hastens down into
the crowd, and embraces one after the other.
But that does not satisfy them. He must mount
the steps and make a speech. He must tell them
how terrible the government has been toward him,
and how badly he has fared in the prison.
Gaetano laughs continually and places himself on
the steps. " The prison," he says, " what is there
to say about that! I have had my soup every dinner,
and that is more than many of you can say."
The little Gandolfo swings his cap and cries to
him, " There are many more socialists in Diamante
now than when you went away, Don Gaetano."
"How could it be otherwise?" he says. "All
people must become socialists. Is socialism
something awful and terrible ? Socialism is an idyl. It
is an idyl about a home of one’s own, and cheerful
work, which every human being is at work upon
ever since his childhood. A whole world filled
with. . ."
He checks himself, for he has chanced to cast a
glance over to the summer-palace. There stands
Donna Micaela on one of the balconies, looking
down upon him.
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