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126 228 . the miracles of antichrist
They stand there all day outside Donna Elisa’s
door. There stand Donna Concetta and Donna
Emilia. There has not been much friendship
between them in past times; to-day, however, they
stand side by side and mourn.
Many anxious eyes are spying through the window
into Donna Elisa’s house. The little Gandolfo and
old Assunta from the cathedral steps, and the poor
chair-maker, stand there the whole afternoon. It is
so terrible that Gaetano is going to die, just as they
have got him back.
The blind stand there waiting as if they expected
that he would give them their sight, and poor
people, both from Geraci and Corvaja, stand there in
order to learn how it will turn out with their young
lord, the lost Alagona.
He meant well by them, and in him dwelt great
power and ability. Had he only been allowed to
live ....
" God has taken his hand from Sicily," they say.
" All who wish to succor the people He lets perish."
The whole afternoon and evening, and far into the
night, the crowd remains outside Donna Elisa’s
house. Precisely at twelve Donna Elisa throws open
the shop door and comes out on the steps. " Is he
better?" they all cry at one time.—" No, he is not
better."
Then it becomes quiet, but finally a single,
trembling voice asks : " Is it worse ? "—" No, no, it is not
worse. It is the same. The doctor is with him."
Donna Elisa has thrown a black shawl over her
head and carries a lantern in her hand. She descends
the steps and goes out into the street, where people
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