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MONGIBELLO
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there had been that much order that the best came
highest up. When the town came to the top of the
mountain it had laid out a square, and there it had
placed the city hall and the Cathedral and the old
palazzo Geraci.
If he, Gaetano Alagona, would follow her to
Diamante, she would take him with her up to the
square on the top of the mountain, and show him
what stretches of land the old Alagonas had owned
on Etna, and on the plain of Catania, and where they
had raised their strongholds on the inland peaks.
For up there all that could be seen, and even more.
One could see the whole sea.
Gaetano had not thought that she had talked long,
but Father Josef seemed to be impatient. “Now
we have come to your own home, Donna Elisa,” he
said quite gently.
But she assured Father Josef that at her house
there was nothing to see. What she first of all
wished to show Gaetano was the big house on the
corso, that was called the summer palace. It was
not so beautiful as the palazzo Geraci, but it was
big; and when the old Alagonas were prosperous
they came there in summer to be nearer the snows
of Etna. Yes, as she said, towards the street it was
nothing to see, but it had a beautiful court-yard
with open porticos in both the stories. And on the
roof there was a terrace. It was paved with blue
and white tiles, and on every tile the coat of arms
of the Alagonas was burnt in. He would like to
come and see that?
It occurred to Gaetano that Donna Elisa must be
used to having children come and sit on her knees
when she was at home. Perhaps she would not
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