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352 THE MIRACLES OF ANTICHRIST ’
ashen, but now it suddenly changes. His face
begins to shine as though transfigured.
She talks and talks. She looks at him, and now
she is beautiful. How could she help being
beautiful? At last she can speak out to him, she can
tell him how love came to her and how it has never
left her since. Finally she can tell him how he has
been all the world to her.
Words cannot say enough; she takes his hand and
kisses it.
He lets her do it without moving. The color in his
cheeks grows no deeper, but it becomes clearer, more
transparent. She remembers Gandolfo, who had said
that Gaetano’s face was so white that it shone.
He does not interrupt her. She tells him about
the railway, speaks of one miracle after another.
He looks at her now and then. His eyes glow at
the sight of her. He is not by any means making
fun of her.
She wonders exceedingly what is passing in him.
He looks as if what she said was nothing new to
him. He seems to recognize everything she says.
Could it be that his love for her was the same as
that she felt for him? Was it connected with every
noble feeling in him? Had it been the elevating
power in his life ? Had it given wings to his artistic
powers? Had it taught him to love the poor and
the oppressed? Is it once more taking possession
of him, making him feel that he is an artist, an
apostle, that nothing is too high for him?
But as he is still silent she thinks that perhaps
he will not be tied to her. He loves her, but
possibly he wishes to be a free man. Perhaps he
thinks that she is not a suitable wife for a socialist.
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