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(1909) [MARC] [MARC] Author: Selma Lagerlöf Translator: Pauline Bancroft Flach
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42 THE MIRACLES OF AJVTICHRIST

Suddenly he happened to think that Donna Elisa
must sit up so long at night and work in order to get
him food and clothes. He was much touched that
she loved him so much as to want to do it. And
he understood what a grief it would be to her if
he should go.

When he thought of that he began to weep.

But at the same time he began to upbraid Donna
Elisa in his thoughts. How could she be so stupid
as to grieve because he went. It would be such a
joy for her when he should become a holy man.
That would be her reward for having gone to Palermo
and fetched him.

He cried more and more violently while he was
consoling Donna Elisa. It was hard that she did
not understand what a reward she would receive.

There was no need for her to be sad. For ten
years only would Gaetano live on the mountain, and
then he would come back as the famous hermit Fra
Gaetano. Then he would come walking through the
streets of Diamante, followed by a great crowd of
people, like Father Gondo. And there would be
flags, and the houses would be decorated with cloths
and wreaths. He would stop in front of Donna
Elisa’s shop, and Donna Elisa would not recognize
him and would be ready to fall on her knees before
him. But so should it not be; he would kneel to
Donna Elisa, and ask her forgiveness, because he
had run away from her ten years ago. “Gaetano,”
Donna Elisa would then answer, “you give me an
ocean of joy against a little brook of sorrow. Should
I not forgive you ? ”

Gaetano saw all this before him, and it was so
beautiful that he began to weep more violently. He

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