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126 228 . the miracles of antichrist
fires. All of a sudden a big blaze glares on the top
of Monte Pellegrino, directly above the harbor.
Afterwards immense flames rise from the whole
jagged mountain wall, which surrounds the city.
It flames on Monte Falcone, on San Martino, on
the mountain of The Thousand, where Garibaldi
came marching.
But far out on the sea sails the great Naples
steamer, and on it is Bosco, the socialist.
He cannot sleep. He has gone up out of his
cabin and is strolling back and forth on the deck. His
old mother, who has journeyed to Naples to meet
him, comes up from her berth to keep him company.
But he is unable to talk to her. His heart beats fast
at the thought of soon being home. Ah, Palermo,
Palermo!
He has sat in prison for more than two years !
They have been years of longing and anguish. And
has it been of any use ? That is what he wants to
know. Has any benefit been derived from his
having been faithf.ul to the cause and gone to prison ?
Has Palermo thought of him ? Has his suffering
gained for the cause a single adherent ?
His aged mother sits crouching on the cabin steps
and shivers in the night chill. He has asked her,
but she knows nothing. She tells about the little
Francisco and the little Lina, how they have grown.
She knows nothing of what he is struggling for.
But now he comes forward to his mother, takes
her by the wrist, leads her to the railing and asks
her if she sees anything far over there in the south.
She looks out over the sea with her dim eyes and
sees only the night, only the black night on the sea.
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