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228 . the miracles of antichrist
Concetta might perhaps have been able to relate
the stories better than Master Pamphilio, she would
never have wished to do so, not only because such a
thing would have been unseemly in a woman, but
also because it could not have been such a pleasure
to her as to hear the dear Master Pamphilio.
When Donna Micaela saw Donna Concetta, she
fell to dreaming. O, to sit thus, below the platform
where the beloved one was speaking, to sit thus day
after day and adore.
But when Master Pamphilio had finished
speaking, Donna Micaela went up to him and begged
him to help her. And it was difficult for him to say
no, on account of the thousand prayers written in
her eyes. But Donna Concetta came to his aid.
" Master Pamphilio," she said, " relate about
Gugliel-mo the Wicked, for Donna Micaela." And Master
Pamphilio related.
" Donna Micaela," he said, " do you know that
in Sicily there was once a king named Guglielmo
the Wicked ? He was so stingy that he took away
from his subjects all their money. He commanded
that all who owned gold coins should give them to
him. And he was so harsh and cruel that all were
compelled to obey him.
" Well, Donna Micaela, now Guglielmo the Wicked
wished to know if any of his subjects had gold coins
concealed in their houses. And therefore he sent
out one of his servants along the Corso in Palermo
with a beautiful horse. And the man offered the
horse for sale and cried loudly: ’ Will be sold for
a gold coin, will be sold for a gold coin !’ But there
was no one who could buy the horse.
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