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362 THE MIRACLES OF ANTICHRIST ’
stopped. They saw about them groves of
olive-trees and fresh green leaves. The mountain shone;
the town shone. They felt that they had come to
a place in the shadow of God’s grace.
They toiled joyfully up the zigzag path, and with
loud and exultant voices sang an old pilgrims’ song.
When they had gone some way up the mountain,
people came running from Diamante to meet them.
When the people heard the monotonous sound of the
old song, they threw aside their work and hurried
out. And the people of Diamante embraced and
kissed the pilgrims.
They had expected them long ago; they could not
understand why they had not come before. The
Christ-image of Diamante was a wonderful
miracle-worker; he was so compassionate, so loving that
every one ought to come to him.
When Margherita Cornado heard them she felt as
if her heart was already healed of its pain. All the
people of Diamante comforted her and encouraged
her. “He will certainly help you; he helps every
one,” they said. “No one has prayed to him in
vain.”
At the town-gate the pilgrims parted. The
townspeople took them to their homes, so that they might
rest after their journey. In an hour they were all
to meet at the Porta Etnea in order to go out to the
image together.
But Margherita had not the patience to wait a
whole hour. She asked her way out to the church
of San Pasquale and went there alone before all the
others.
When Father Gondo and the pilgrims came out to
San Pasquale an hour later, they saw Margherita
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