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(1909) [MARC] [MARC] Author: Selma Lagerlöf Translator: Pauline Bancroft Flach
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366 THE MIRACLES OF ANTICHRIST ’

one had felt paralyzed and without the power of
thinking independently.

As Father Gondo approached the door, he stopped
and looked around. One last commanding glance
fell on the people.

“The crown also,” said Father Gondo. And the
crown was handed to him.

He set the image down and went out under the
stone canopy that protected the image of San
Pasquale. He whispered a word to a couple of
pilgrims, and they hurried away. They soon came
back with their arms full of branches and logs.
They laid them down before Father Gondo and set
them on fire.

All who had been in the church had crowded out.
They stood in the yard outside the church, still
subdued, with no will of their own. They saw that
the monk meant to burn their beloved image that
helped them so, and yet they made no resistance.
They could not understand themselves why they did
not try to save the image.

When Father Gondo saw the fire kindle and
therefore felt that the image was entirely in his power,
he straightened himself and his eyes flashed.

“My poor children,” he said gently, and turned
to the people of Diamante. “ You have been
harboring a terrible guest. How is it possible for you
not to have discovered who he is?

“ What ought I to believe of you ?” he continued
more sternly. “ You yourselves say that the image
has given you everything for which you have prayed.
Has no one in Diamante in all these years prayed
for the forgiveness of sins and the peace of the
soul ?

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