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FALCO FALCONE
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nnswered. “ He will never lose it, long as he may
Jive.”
Donna Silvia presses her hand on her heart.
There in her yard Falco Falcone is sitting. He
has come to be revenged because her sons work on
the railway. Will he set fire to the house, or will
he murder her?
Donna Silvia is shaking in every limb as she
serves up her macaroni.
Falco begins to find the time long as he sits on
the stone-bench. A little dog comes up to him and
rubs against him. Falco feels in his pocket for a
piece of bread, but he finds only a stone, which he
throws to the dog.
The dog runs after the stone and brings it back
to Falco. Falco throws it again. The dog takes
the stone again, but now he runs away with it.
Falco remembers that it is the stone he picked up
on Mongibello, and goes after the dog to get it
back. He whistles to the dog, and it comes to him
instantly. “ Drop the stone! “ The dog puts its
head on one side and will not drop it. “ Ah, give
me the stone, rascal!” The dog shuts its mouth.
It has no stone. “Let me see; let me see!” says
Falco. He bends the dog’s head back and forces it
to open its mouth. The stone lies far in under the
gums, and Falco tries to force it out. Then the
dog bites him, till the blood flows.
Falco is terrified. He goes in to Donna Silvia.
“I hope your dog is healthy,” he says.
“My dog? I have no dog. It is dead.” — “But
the one running outside? “ — “ I do not know which
one you mean,” she says.
Falco says nothing more, nor does he do Donna
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