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126 THE MIRACLES OF AJVTICHRIST
elsewhere halberds, prayer-books, mandolins, and
escutcheons.
And that opened Gaetano’s eyes. He flushed
suddenly, bit his lips, and began to repack his
images.
He had caught sight of an image of the
Christ-child. It was the outcast, who was standing there
in the midst of all the disorder, with his wretched
crown on his head and brass shoes on his feet. The
color was worn off his face; the rings and ornaments
hanging on him were tarnished, and his dress was
yellowed with age.
When Gaetano saw that, he would not sell his
images to Miss Tottenham; he meant simply to go
his way.
When she asked him what was the matter with
him he stormed at her, and scolded her.
Did she know that many of the things she had
about her were sacred?
Did she know, or did she not know, that that was
the holy Christchild himself? And she had let him
lose three fingers on one hand, and let the jewels
fall out of his crown, and let him lie dirty, and
tarnished, and dishonored! And if she had so
treated the image of God’s own son, how would she
let everything else fare? He would not sell
anything to her.
When Gaetano burst out at her in that way Miss
Tottenham was enraptured, enchanted.
Here was the true faith and the righteous, holy
wrath. This young man must become an artist.
To England, he should go to England! She wished
to send him to the great master, her friend, who was
trying to reform art; to him who wished to teach
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