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FRA FELICE’S LEGACY 23 7
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VI
FRA FELICE’S LEGACY
When Donna Emilia opened the ticket-office to sell
tickets for the second performance of “The Old
Martyrdom,” the people stood in line to get places;
the second evening the theatre was so overcrowded
that people fainted in the crush, and the third
evening people came from both Adern6 and Paterno to
see the beloved tragedy. Don Antonio foresaw
that he would be able to play it a whole month
for double price, and with two performances every
evening.
How happy they were, he and Donna Emilia,
and with what joy and gratitude they laid twenty’
five lire in the collection-box of the little image!
In Diamante the incident caused great surprise,
and many came to Donna Elisa to find out if she
believed that the saint wished them to support
Donna Micaela.
“Have you heard, Donna Elisa,” they said, “that
Don Antonio Greco has been helped by the
Christ-child in San Pasquale, because he promised to give
the receipts of one evening to Donna Micaela’s
railway ?”
But when they asked Donna Elisa about it, she
shut her mouth and looked as if she could not think
of anything but her embroidery.
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