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346 THE MIRACLES OF ANTICHRIST ’
they go quickly, quickly down the hill. The saints
preserve us, the church door is open! Some one
really is there.
The lantern shakes in Donna Elisa’s hand.
Gandolfo wishes to take it from her, but she will keep
it. “In God’s name, in God’s name,” she murmurs
as she goes into the church.
The people crowd in after her. They almost
crush one another to death in the door, but their
excitement keeps them silent, no one says a word.
All gaze at the high altar. Is any one there? Is
any one there? The little hanging-lamp over the
image shines pitifully faint. Is any one there?
Yes, some one is there. There is a woman there.
She is on her knees, praying, and her head is so
deeply bent that they cannot see who she is. But
when she hears steps behind her she lifts her long,
bowed neck and looks up. It is Donna Micaela.
At first she is frightened and starts up as if she
wished to escape. Donna Elisa is also frightened,
and they look at one another as if they had never
met before. Then Donna Micaela says in a very
low voice: “ You have come to pray for him,
sister-in-law.” And the people see her move a little way
along so that Donna Elisa may have room directly
in front of the image.
Donna Elisa’s hand trembles so that she has to set
the lantern down on the floor, and her voice is quite
hoarse as she says: “ Has none other but you been
here to-night, Micaela ? “ — “ No, none other.”
Donna Elisa has to support herself against the
wall to keep from falling, and Donna Micaela sees
it. She is instantly beside her and puts her arm
about her waist. “ Sit down, sit down!” She leads
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