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126 228 . the miracles of antichrist
So she begins to speak. She lays before him her
life’s great hidden treasures, all the words he had
said to her and all the dreams he had made her
dream. She had lost nothing. She had saved and
hoarded it. It had been all the riches in her barren life.
At first she spoke fast, as though she were
repeating a lesson. She is afraid of him, she does not
know if he likes to have her talk. So she ventures
to look at him. He is grave now, no longer wicked.
He sits still and listens as if he would not like to
lose a single syllable. A minute ago his face was
sickly and ashy-pale, but all at once it changes.
His face begins to shine, he appears like one
transfigured.
She continues her narrative. She sees that he
thinks she also is beautiful now. How could she be
anything but beautiful, now that she may at last
speak her mind to him. She may tell him how love
came to her, and how it has never left her since. At
last she may tell him how he has been her all!
Words are too inefficient. She takes his hand
and kisses it.
He lets it happen without moving. The color in
his face does not deepen, but becomes more
transparent. She remembers Gandolfo, who had said
that Gaetano’s face became so white that it shone.
He does not interrupt her. She tells him about
the railroad, tells of miracle after miracle. At times
he looks at her. His eyes beam upon her. He is
not making sport of her.
She wonders a good deal what is taking place
within him. He looks as if what she said was
nothing new to him. He seems to be familiar with it all.
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