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28 THE MIRACLES OF AJVTICHRIST
church roof. And that there were caves which
could hold a whole army, and hollow old trees,
where a flock of sheep could find shelter from the
storm!
Everything wonderful was to be found on Etna*
There were rivers of which one must beware. The
water in them was so cold that any one who drank of
it would die. There were rivers which flowed only by
day, and others that flowed only in winter, and some
which ran deep under the earth. There were hot
springs, and sulphur springs, and mud-volcanoes.
It would be a pity for Gaetano not to see the
mountain, for it was so beautiful. It stood against
the sky like a great tent. It was as gayly colored
as a merry-go-round. He ought to see it in the
morning and evening, when it was red; he ought to
see it at night, when it was white. He ought also
to know that it truly could take every color; that it
could be blue, black, brown or violet; sometimes it
wore a veil of beauty, like a signora; sometimes
it was a table covered with velvet; sometimes it had
a tunic of gold brocade and a mantle of
peacock’s-feathers.
He would also like to know how it could be that
old King Arthur was sitting there in a cave. Donna
Elisa said that it was quite certain that he still
lived on Etna, for once, when the bishop of Catania
was riding over the mountain, three of his mules ran
away, and the men who followed them found them in
the cave with King Arthur. Then the king asked
the guides to tell the bishop that when his wounds
were healed he would come with his knights of the
Round Table and right everything that was in
disorder in Sicily. And he who had eyes to see knew
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