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274 THE MIRACLES OF ANTICHRIST ’
It was Palazzo Corvaja, that was trying to bewitch
as many pains into her head as there were pins in
the lemon.
Then Corvaja waited a few days to see what effect
the lemon would have. But when Donna Micaela’s
people continued to work on Etna and stake out the
line, they came one night and pulled everything up.
And when the stakes were set up again the next
day, they broke the windows in the church of San
Pasquale and threw stones at the Christ-image.
• ••••••••
There was a long and narrow little square on the
south side of Monte Chiaro. On both the long
sides stood dark, high buildings. On one of the
short sides was an abyss; on the other rose the
steep mountain. The mountain wall was arranged
in terraces, but the steps were crumbled and the
marble railings broken. On the broadest of the
terraces rose the stately ruins of Palazzo Corvaja.
The chief ornament of the square was a beautiful,
oblong water-basin which stood quite under the
terraces, close to the mountain wall. It stood there
white as snow, covered with carvings, and full of
clear, cold water. It was the best preserved of all
the former glories of the Corvaja.
One beautiful and peaceful evening two ladies
dressed in black came walking into the little square.
For the moment it was almost empty. The two
ladies looked about them, and when they saw no
one they sat down on the bench by the fountain,
and waited.
Soon several inquisitive children came forward
and looked at them, and the older of the two began
to talk to the children. She began to tell them
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