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36 THE MIRACLES OF AJVTICHRIST
more care, if we can only get him here ? “ No, the
Madonna knew that they had not done so. But now
the question was, whether he was willing to endure
anything to be with them.
And now she had finished, and Father Josef asked
what Gaetano thought of answering. It was the
prior’s wish, Father Josef said, that Gaetano should
decide for himself. And they had nothing against
his going out into the world, because he was the
last of his race.
Gaetano slid gently down from Donna Elisa’s lap.
But to answer! That was not such an easy thing to
answer. It was very hard to say no to the signora.
Father Josef came to his assistance. “Ask the
signora that you may be allowed to answer in a
couple of hours, Gaetano. The boy has never
thought of anything but being a monk,” he explained
to Donna Elisa.
She stood up, took her umbrella, and tried to look
glad, but there were tears in her eyes.
Of course, of course he must consider it, she said.
But if he had known Diamante he would not have
needed to. Now only peasants lived there, but once
there had been a bishop, and many priests, and a
multitude of monks. They were gone now, but they
were not forgotten. Ever since that time Diamante
was a holy town. More festival days were celebrated
there than anywhere else, and there were quantities
of saints; and even to-day crowds of pilgrims came
there. Whoever lived at Diamante could never
forget God. He was almost half a priest. So for
that reason he ought to come. But he should
consider it, if he so wished. She would come again
to-morrow.
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