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A FRESCO OF SIGNORELLI 377
The pope rose majestically. “ You shall not
look for the image; you shall let him go his way
through the ages. We do not fear him. When he
comes to storm the Capitol in order to mount the
throne of the world, we shall meet him, and we
shall lead him to Christ. We shall make peace
between earth and heaven. But you do wrong,” he
continued more mildly, “ to hate him. You must
have forgotten that the sibyl considered him one of
the redeemers of the world. ’ On the heights of the
Capitol the redeemer of the world shall be
worshipped, Christ or Antichrist.’ ”
“Holy Father, if the miseries of this world are
to be remedied by him, and heaven suffers no
injury, I shall not hate him.”
The old pope smiled his most subtle smile.
“Father Gondo, you will permit me also to tell
you a Sicilian story. The story goes, Father
Gondo, that when Our Lord was busy creating the
world, He wished one day to know if He had much
more work to do. And He sent San Pietro out to
see if the world was finished.
“ When San Pietro came back, he said: ’ Every
one is weeping and sobbing and lamenting.’
“’ Then the world is not finished,’ said Our Lord,
and He went on working.
“ Three days later Our Lord sent San Pietro again
to the earth.
“’Everyone is laughing and rejoicing and
playing,’ said San Pietro, when he came back.
“’ Then the world is not finished,’ said Our Lord,
and He went on working.
“ San Pietro was dispatched for the third time.
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