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a letter from the Viceroy entitling us to hold our
meetings in Santa Lucia in Gesu for all time. And
I showed him the letter."
" What did he answer then ? "
" He laughed at me."
" Can none of the other gentlemen help you ? "
" I have been to them, Donna Elisa. The whole
morning I have been sent from Herodes to Pilatus."
" Father Elia," said Donna Elisa, lowering her
voice, "have you forgotten to implore the saints?"
" I have implored both the black Madonna and
San Sebastiano, and Santa Lucia. I have prayed to
as many as I was able to mention by name."
" Do you believe, Father Elia," said Donna Elisa,
lowering her voice still more, " that Don Antonio
Greco received aid because he promised money for
Donna Micaela’s railroad ? "
" I have no money to give," said the old man
disconsolately.
" You ought, nevertheless, to think of it, Father
Elia," said Donna Elisa, since you are in such sore
distress.
" You ought to try and promise the Christ-child
that you yourself, and all belonging to your guild,
will speak and sing about the railroad and persuade
people to contribute to it, if you are allowed to keep
your church.
" We don’t know if it avails, yet you ought to try
everything, Father Elia. To promise costs nothing."
" I will promise anything for your sake," said the
old man.
Again he leaned his blind head against the black
coffin, and Donna Elisa understood that he had
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