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the oasis and the desert 333
Ah, Donna Micaela tried to be glad when she
learned this. She tried not to weep.
She had believed that Gaetano was in prison in
order that the Christ-image might break down his
prison-walls. He was brought thither by God’s
grace, that he might be compelled to bow his head
before the Christ-child and say: " My Lord and my
God."
But now it was not the image that had delivered
him. He would come out the same heathen as
before. The same yawning cleft would always be
between them.
She endeavored to be glad. Was it not enough
that he was free ? What signified his and her
happiness in comparison with that!
But thus it happened with everything which
Diamante had hoped and striven for.
The big desert was very cruel towards the poor
oasis.
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