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126 228 . the miracles of antichrist
had been waiting on the street proceeded to San
Pasquale’s. All the poor people quiver with
expectation. They can scarcely keep from rushing past
Donna Elisa to see if some one is in the church.
Fancy if it is a gypsy lass who has sought shelter
there during the night! Who else can be in the
church at night but a poor, homeless thing? It is
an awful promise Donna Elisa has made.
Finally they are at Porta Etnea, and then they
proceed briskly down the hill. May the Lord
preserve us, the church door stands open!
Consequently some one is really inside.
The lantern trembles in Donna Elisa’s hand.
Gandolfo offers to take it, but she keeps it. " In the
name of God, in the name of God," she murmurs,
as she passes into the church.
The people press on behind her. They almost
crowd each other to death at the door, but suspense
keeps them silent. No one says a word. All look
up to the high altar. Is any one there ? Is any one
there ?
The little hanging lamp over the image gives but
a miserable light. Is any one there ?
Yes, there is some one. Over there is a woman.
She is on her knees praying, and bends her head so
low that they cannot see who it is. But now,
hearing steps behind her, she lifts the long, gracefully
curved neck and looks up. It is Donna Micaela.
At first she becomes frightened, and gives a start
as though she would flee. Donna Elisa, too, is
frightened, and they look at each other as if they had
never met before. Then Donna Micaela says quite
gently : You come to pray for him, sister-in-law."
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