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204 THE MIR A CLES OF ANTICHRIST
III
THE OUTCAST
When Donna Micaela heard how the poor people
had hooted Miss Tottenham out, she hurried to the
hotel to express her condolence. She wished to beg
her not to judge those poor creatures by what they
had done when they had been out of their heads
with pleasure and wine. She would beg her not to
take her hand from Diamante. She herself did not
care very much for Miss Tottenham, but for the
sake of the poor— She would say anything to
pacify her.
When she came to the hotel Etna, she saw the
whole street filled with baggage-wagons. So there
was no hope. The great benefactress was going away.
Outside the hotel there was much sorrow and
despair. The two old blind women, Donna Pepa
and Donna Tura, who had always sat in the hotel
court-yard, were now shut out, and they were
kneeling before the door. The young donkey-driver, who
loved all young English ladies, stood with his face
pressed against the wall and wept.
Inside the hotel the landlord walked up and down
the long corridor, raging at Providence for sending
him this misfortune. “Signor Dio,” he mumbled,
“ I am beggared. If you let this happen, I will take
my wife by the hand and my children in my arms
and throw myself with them down into Etna.”
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