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114 THE MIRACLES OF AJVTICHRIST
was gone. Then the door opened, and the bell rang
violently. She only wept and counted. Then some
one said: “Donna Elisa, Donna Elisa!” And it
was Gaetano!
“ But heavens! how can you be at home ? “ she
cried. — “ You have sold all your images. I had to
come home to carve new ones for you.” — “But how
did you find out about it?” — “I met the
post-carriage at two o’clock in the night. Rosa Alfari
was in it, and she told me everything.” — “What
luck that you went down to the post-carriage!
What luck that you happened to think of going
down to the post-carriage!” — “ Yes; was it not
good fortune ?” said Gaetano.
In less than an hour Gaetano was again
standing in his workshop; and Donna Elisa, who had
nothing at all to do in her empty shop, came
incessantly to the door to look at him. No, was he
really standing there and carving? She could not
let five minutes pass without coming to look at
him.
But when Donna Micaela heard that he was back
she felt no joy, rather anger and despair. For she
was afraid that Gaetano would come to tempt her.
She had heard that a rich Englishwoman had
come to Diamante the day the bells rang. She was
deeply affected when she heard that it was the lady
with the Christ image. He had therefore come as
soon as she had called on him. The rain and the
bell-ringing were his work!
She tried to rejoice her soul with the thought that
there had been a miracle for her sake. It would be
more to her than all earthly happiness and love to
feel that she was surrounded by God’s grace. She
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