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268 THE MIRACLES OF ANTICHRIST ’
She did not reply, but he read the answer in her
face.
He bent his knee to her, and sank his head so
low that he could kiss the hem of her dress. “ You
are good; you are very good. I shall never forget it.
If I were not who I am, how I would serve you !”
“You shall serve me,” she said. And she was so
moved by his misfortunes that she felt no more
fear of his injuring her.
He sprang up. “I will tell you something. You
cannot go across the floor without stumbling if I
look at you.”
“ Oh!” she said.
“ Try!”
And she tried. She was very much frightened,
and had never felt so unsteady as when she took
her first step. Then she thought: “If it were
for Gaetano’s sake, I could do it.” And then it
was easy.
She walked to and fro on the church floor. “ Shall
I do it again ?” He nodded.
As she was walking, the thought flashed through
her brain: “ The Christchild has taken the curse
from him, because he is to help me.” She turned
suddenly and came back to him.
“ Do you know, do you know ? you are nojettatore! ”
“Am I not?”
“ No, no! “ She took him by the shoulders and
shook him. “Do you not see? do you not
understand? It is taken from you.”
Little Gandolfo’s voice was heard in the path
outside the church. “ Donna Micaela, Donna Micaela,
where are you ? There are so many people, Donna
Micaela. Do you hear; do you hear? ”
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