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186 THE MIRACLES OF AJVTICHRIST
It seemed to her as if she never before fully
understood what it meant that he was shut in and
gone, that she should never see him again.
She had to sit down in order not to fall; her heart
seemed to stop, and she shut her eyes.
While she was sitting thus she had a strange
experience.
She is all at once at home in the palace in Catania.
She is sitting in the lofty hall reading, and she is a
happy young girl, Signorina Palmeri. A servant
brings in a wandering salesman to her. He is a
handsome young fellow with a sprig of
almond-blossoms in his button-hole; on his head he carries
a board full of little images of the saints, carved in
wood.
She buys some of the images, while the young
man’s eyes drink in all the works of art in the hall.
She asks him if he would like to see their
collections. Yes, that he would. And she herself goes
with him and shows him.
He is so delighted with what he sees that she
thinks that he must be a real artist, and she says to
herself that she will not forget him. She asks
where his home is. He answers: “In Diamante.”
— “ Is that far away ? “ — “ Four hours in the
post-carriage. “ — “ And with the railway ? “ — “ There is
no railway to Diamante, signorina.” — “You must
build one.” — “We! we are too poor. Ask the
rich men in Catania to build us a railway!”
When he has said that he starts to go, but he
turns at the door and comes and gives her his
almond-blossoms. It is in gratitude for all the
beautiful things she has let him see.
When Donna Micaela opened her eyes she did
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