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308 THE MIRACLES OF ANTICHRIST ’
Silvia any harm. He simply goes his way,
frightened; he thinks that the dog is mad, and he fears
hydrophobia.
One evening Donna Micaela sits alone in the
music-room. She has put out the lamp and opened
the balcony doors. She likes to listen to the street
in the evening and at night. No more smiths and
stone-cutters and criers are heard. There is song,
laughter, whispering, and mandolins.
Suddenly she sees a dark hand laid on the balcony
railing. The hand drags up after it an arm and a
head; within a moment a whole human being swings
himself into the balcony. She sees him plainly,
for the street-lamps are still burning. He is a
small, broad-shouldered, bearded fellow, dressed
like a shepherd, with leather sandals, a slouch hat,
and an umbrella tied to his back. As soon as he is
on his feet he snatches his gun from his shoulder
and comes into the room with it in his hands.
She sits still without giving a sign of life. There
is no time either to summon help or to escape. She
hopes that the man will take what he wishes to
take, and go away without noticing her, sitting back
in the dark room.
The man puts his gun down between his legs, and
she hears him scratching with a match. She shuts
her eyes. He will believe that she is asleep.
When the robber gets the match lighted, he sees
her instantly. He coughs to wake her. As she
remains motionless, he creeps over to her and
carefully stretches out a finger towards her arm. “ Do
not touch me! do not touch me!” she screams, and
can no longer sit still. The man draws back in-
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