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126 228 . the miracles of antichrist
Donna Micaela does not reply ; she looks up at the
image. " Do you wish it ? Do you wish it ? " she
whispers anxiously.
Donna Elisa continued lamenting. " I saw the
image so plainly, and it has never failed me before.
I thought that some poor dowerless thing had asked
it for a husband. Such things have happened before.
What shall I do now ?"
She moans and complains. She cannot get rid of
the thought that it would be a poor woman. Donna
Micaela becomes impatient. She takes her by the
arm and shakes her. " Why, Donna Elisa, Donna
Elisa."
Donna Elisa does not hear her ; she continues her
wailing. " What shall, what shall I do ? "
" Why, make the poor woman that lay here
praying your daughter-in-law then, Donna Elisa ! "
Donna Elisa looks up. What a face she has
before her ! So charming, so winning, so smiling !
But she does not see it for more than a moment.
Donna Micaela hides it immediately in Donna Elisa’s
old black dress.
Donna Micaela and Donna Elisa proceed together
into the city. The street makes a bend, so that they
cannot see Donna Elisa’s house before they are
quite near to it. When at length they are within
sight of it, they see that the shop-windows are lit up.
Four enormous wax candles are burning behind the
garlands of rosaries.
The women press each other’s hands. " He is
alive," whispered one to the other. " He is
alive."
"You must not tell him anything of what the
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