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i so the miracles of* antichrist
rante’s before. She could not flee from Diamante,
and her anguish increased so that she was nothing
but trembling fear.
The last and hardest of all sad tidings that had
reached her had been about Gaetano.
For when Don Ferrante had been dead only a week
Gaetano had come home. And this had by no means
dismayed her, but made her happy. She had
rejoiced at having at last some one near who could
protect her.
At the same time she decided not to receive
Gaetano at all, if he came to see her. She felt that she
still belonged to the dead one. She would rather
not see Gaetano until after a year.
But when Gaetano had been home a week without
coming to the summer palace she asked Giannita
about him. " Where is Gaetano. Perhaps he has
gone again, as no one speaks of him ? "
" Oh, Micaela," answered Giannita, " the less said
of Gaetano the better for him."
She then told Donna Micaela, as though it were a
great scandal she was telling, that Gaetano had
become a socialist.
" He has become totally changed over there in
England," she said. " He no longer worships either
God or the saints. He does not kiss the rector’s
hand when he meets him. He tells everybody not
to pay toll any more at the city-gate. He exhorts
the peasants not to pay their rents. He has
weapons with him. He has come home for the
purpose of starting the insurrection and helping the
brigands."
It was not necessary to say any more, to fill Donna
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