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228 . the miracles of antichrist
" In what can I serve you, Signora Antonelli ? " he
said. Donna Elisa gazed around, wondering to whom
he was speaking. Then she told about the testament.
The syndic was neither frightened nor astonished.
" That is very interesting," he said, and stretched
out his hand for the paper.
But Donna Elisa held the envelope tightly and
asked, " Signor Syndic, what do you intend to do
with it; do you intend to post it on the Roman
gate ? "
" Yes, what else can I do, signora. It is a dead
man’s last will."
Donna Elisa would have liked to tell him what a
terrible testament it was, but she checked herself,
and began to talk about the blind.
" Father Succi, who ordained that the blind should
be allowed to stay in his church, is also a dead man,"
she remarked.
"Signora Antonelli, you too," said the syndic quite
gently. "It certainly was a mistake, but why did no
one tell us that the Lucia church was a refuge for
the blind. Now since it has once been decided, I
cannot annul the resolution, I cannot."
" But their rights and letters patent, Signor
Syndic."
" Their rights are no longer valid. They are in force
for the monastery of the Jesuits, but such a
monastery exists no longer. And tell me, Signora Antonelli,
what will become of me,were I to yield?"
" They will love you, as a benign man."
" Signora, I shall be considered a weak man, and
everyday I shall have four hundred laborers’ wives
outside the court-house, begging now for one thing,
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