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the godsister 5 7
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can God wish that I shall do for one brought up
amid such splendor ?" she thought. " Does our
Lord forget that I am only poor Giannita from
Diamante ? "
She sent word to Signorina Palmeri, by a footman,
that her godsister wished to speak with her. She
was surprised, when the footman returned and
answered, that she could not be received that day.
Should she content herself with that ? O no ! O no!
" Tell the signorina, that I will wait here all day,
for I must speak with her."
"The signorina moves away from the palace in
half an hour," said the footman.
Giannita became frantic. " But I am her
god-sister, her godsister, don’t you understand that ?"
she said to him. " I must speak with her." The
footman smiled and did not stir.
But Giannita would not be turned away. Was she
not sent by God ? He must understand, she said,
raising her voice. She came from Diamante and
had not been in Catania for twelve years. Not
before yesterday afternoon at four o’clock had it
occurred to her to come here. He ought to think
of that, not before yesterday afternoon at four
o’clock.
The footman stood motionless and did not move.
In hopes of softening him, Giannita was just going
to relate the whole story, when the door was thrown
open. Her godsister stood on the threshold. " Who
speaks about four o’clock yesterday ? " she said.
" It is a stranger, Signorina Micaela."
Giannita now rushed forward. It was no stranger
at all. It was her godsister, Giannita from Diamante,
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