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126 228 . the miracles of antichrist
table, Donna Micaela began suddenly to speak of
the railroad.
She had won a victory, she said. She had at last
won a victory.
He must hear what news she had received to-day.
It would not be a steam-tramway only between
Catania and Diamante, as she had first imagined it would
be a railroad all around the whole of Etna.
Through Falco’s death, she had not only gotten
rid of Falco himself, but now the people also believed
that the great Mongibello and all the saints stood on
her side. And so there had arisen among the people
a movement to get the railroad started.
Contributions were being made in all the Etna towns. A
company was formed. A concession had come
today. To-morrow work would begin in earnest.
Donna Micaela was excited. She could not eat.
Her heart swelled with joy and gratefulness. She
could not leave off speaking about the great
enthusiasm which had seized the people. She spoke with tears
in her eyes about the Christ-child in San Pasquale’s.
It was affecting to see how her face beamed with
hope. It was as if, in addition to that happiness
she was speaking of, she had a whole world of bliss
in anticipation.
That night she felt that Providence had ordered
well and happily for her. She saw that Gaetano’s
imprisonment had been God’s doing, in order to lead
him back to faith. He should be released through
the miracles of the little image, and that would
convert him, so that he should become a believer as
before. A&i she should be permitted to belong to
him. How good God was !
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