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98 228 . the miracles of antichrist
The man saw it, and it seemed to increase his
wrath. It was as if he could no longer abide the
moment when he should be alone. He drew his
body together. He was like a beast of prey before
the spring.
But the image rested not in vain in the woman’s
arms. The ejected image moved her to an act of the
greatest love.
" What will Christ in paradise say to me, who has
first deceived her husband and then made him a
murderer?" she thought. And she remembered
how she had loved this big Piero in youth’s glad
days. Little had she dreamed then that she should
bring upon him such misery.
" No, Piero, no, do not kill me ! " she cried quickly.
" They’ll send you to the galleys. But you shall be
spared the sight of me."
She sprang to the opposite side of the
marketplace, where the steep precipice began. One
understood very well what she intended to do. Her face
bore witness for her.
Several hurried after her, but she had the start of
them. At that moment the image, which she still
carried, slipped out of her arms and laid itself at her
feet. She stumbled over it and fell. Then she was
overtaken.
She struggled to get loose, but a couple of men
held her. " Ah, let me do it," she cried, " it is better
for him."
But now her husband came up, too. He had
caught up her child and placed it on his arm. He
was deeply affected.
" There, Marcia, let it be, don’t mind it," he said.
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