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(1909) [MARC] [MARC] Author: Selma Lagerlöf Translator: Pauline Bancroft Flach
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IN PALERMO

335

“A telegram must have come of a victory in
Africa,” says another.

No one has a thought that it can be for his sake.
He goes and places himself at the stern in order not
to see anything. He will not deceive himself with
false hopes. Would all Palermo be illuminated for
a poor socialist?

Then his mother comes and fetches him. “Do
not stand there ! Come and see Palermo! It must
be a king who is coming there to-day. Come and
look at Palermo!”

He considers a moment. No, he does not think
that any king is visiting Sicily just now. But he
cannot dare to think, when no one else, not even his
mother —

All at once every one on the steamer gives a loud
cry. It sounds almost like a cry of distress. A big
cutter has steered right down on them and now
glides along by the steamer’s side.

The cutter is all flowers and lights; over the
railing hang red and white silken draperies,
everybody on board is dressed in red and white. Bosco
stands on the steamer and looks to see what that
beautiful messenger brings. Then the sail turns,
and on its white surface shines to meet him: “ Long
live Bosco! ”

It is his name. Not a saint’s, not a king’s, not
the victorious general’s! The homage is for no
other on the steamer. His name, his name!

The cutter sends up some rockets; a whole cloud
of stars rain down, and then it is gone.

He enters the harbor, and there is jubilation
and enthusiasm and cheering and adoration. People
say: “We do not know how he will be able to live
through it.”

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