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188 THE MIRACLES OF AJVTICHRIST
do you want to arrange a bazaar?” — “I mean to
collect money for a railway.” — “That is like you,
Donna Micaela; no one else would have thought of
such a thing.” — “What, Donna Elisa? What do
you mean ? “ — “ Oh, nothing.”
And Donna Elisa went on embroidering.
“You will not help me, then, with my bazaar?”
— “No, I will not.” — “ And you will not give a
little contribution towards it?” — “One who has
so lately lost her husband,” answered Donna Elisa,
“ought not to trifle.”
Donna Micaela saw that Donna Elisa was angry
with her for some reason or other, and that she
therefore would not help her. But there must be
others who would understand; and it was a
beautiful plan, which would save Diamante.
But Donna Micaela wandered in vain from door
to door. However much she talked and begged, she
gained no partisans.
She tried to explain, she used all her eloquence
to persuade. No one was interested in her plans.
Wherever she came, people answered her that they
were too poor, too poor.
The syndic’s wife answered no. Her daughters
were not allowed to sell at the bazaar. Don Antonio
Greco, who had the marionette theatre, would not
come with his dolls. The town-band would not
play. None of the shop-keepers would give any of
their wares. When Donna Micaela was gone they
laughed at her.
A railroad, a railroad! She did not know what
she was thinking of. There would have to be a
company, shares, statutes, concessions. How should
a woman manage such things ?
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