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46 the miracles of antichrist
Donna Elisa was wholly vanquished : " Yes, yes,
Gaetano," she said, "but it gives me so much pain.
I don’t wish to have you go away from me."
" Why, I am not going," said Gaetano. He was
in such a good humor, that he felt like laughing.
" I am not going."
" Shall I speak to the rector about sending you to
a training school?" asked Donna Elisa humbly.
" No, don’t you understand anything, Donna
Elisa, don’t you understand anything? Haven’t
you heard me say that I don’t want to go away from
you. I have thought of something else."
" What have you thought of ? " she asked sadly.
"What do you suppose I did,while I sat there on
the step. I dreamed, Donna Elisa. I dreamed that
I was running away. Yes, Donna Elisa, I was
standing in the shop, trying to open the shop-door, but I
could not, on account of the many locks. I stood
in the dark, opening lock after lock, and there were
always new ones. I made a fearful noise, and I
thought: ’ Now, Donna Elisa will surely come.’
At last the door opened, but just as I was about to
rush out, I felt your hand at the back of my neck,
and you pulled me in, and I kicked and kicked, and
I struck you, because you would not let me go.
But, Donna Elisa, you had a light with you, and
then I saw that it was not you but mother. I dared
not struggle any more, but felt afraid, mother being
dead. But mother took the bundle I carried, and
commenced taking out what was in it. Mother
laughed, and looked pleased, and I felt so happy,
because she was not vexed with me. It was very
singular. What she took out of the bundle was all
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