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220 THE MIR A CLES OF ANTICHRIST
which in its time was given in all Sicily. It drove
out all other oratorios and mysteries, and was played
every year in every town for two centuries. It was
the greatest day of the year, when “The Old
Martyrdom “ was performed. But now it is never
played; now it only lives in the people’s memory as
a legend.
In the old days it was also played in the marionette
theatres. But now it has come to be considered
old-fashioned and out-of-date. It has probably not
been played for thirty years.
Don Antonio began to roar and scream at Donna
Emilia, because she tortured him with such folly.
He struggled with her as with a demon, who had
come to seize him. It was amazing; it was
heartrending, he said. How could she get hold of such
a word? But Donna Emilia stood quiet and let him
rave. She only said that what she had heard was
God’s will.
Soon Don Antonio began to be uncertain. The
great idea gradually took possession of him.
Nothing had ever been so loved and played in Sicily,
and did not the same people still live on the noble
isle? Did they not love the same earth, the same
mountains, the same skies as their forefathers had
loved? Why should they not also love “The Old
Martyrdom “ ?
He resisted as long as he could. He said to
Donna Emilia that it would cost too much. Where
could he get apostles with long hair and beards?
He had no table for the Last Supper; he had none of
the machinery required for the entry, and carrying of
the cross.
But Donna Emilia saw that he was going to give
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