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Read Ebook: The miracle of Saint Anthony by Maeterlinck Maurice Maurice Arthur Bartlett Author Of Introduction Etc Teixeira De Mattos Alexander Translator
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Wipe your feet on the mat. No, that won't do: rub them hard, rub them hard.
SAINT ANTHONY
She is laid out in there.
VIRGINIE
Yes, but how did you know? It's wonderful! She's there, in the drawing-room.... The poor dear lady! She was only seventy-seven. That's no age at all, is it?... She was a very pious and deserving lady, you know. She suffered a great deal.... And she was very rich. They say she's left two million francs. That's a lot of money.
SAINT ANTHONY
Yes.
VIRGINIE
It all goes to her two nephews, Monsieur Gustave and Monsieur Achille. And she's left legacies to the Rector, to the church, to the beadle, to the sacristan, to the poor, to the Curate, to fourteen Jesuits and to all the servants, according to the length of time that they were with her. I get most. I've been in her service for thirty-three years, so I shall have three thousand three hundred francs. That's a good sum.
SAINT ANTHONY
It is.
VIRGINIE
She owed me nothing; she always paid me my wages regularly. You can say what you like, you won't find many mistresses who would do as much, after they were dead and gone. She was one of the best of women. And we're burying her to-day.... Everybody has sent flowers. You ought to see the drawing-room. It's a glorious sight. There are flowers on the bed, on the table, on the chairs, on the piano. And nothing but white flowers: it's perfectly beautiful. We simply don't know where to put the wreaths. Here are two more. Aren't these lovely? Just hold them a minute till I finish my work. They're taking her to the cemetery this afternoon. Everything has to be nice and clean; and I've only time to....
SAINT ANTHONY
Take me to the corpse.
VIRGINIE
Take you to the corpse? Now?
SAINT ANTHONY
Yes.
VIRGINIE
No, it can't be done. You must wait a bit; they are still at lunch.
SAINT ANTHONY
God bids me hurry; there is no time to lose.
VIRGINIE
What do you want with her?
SAINT ANTHONY
I've told you: I want to bring her back to life.
VIRGINIE
You want to bring her back to life? Seriously, do you want to raise her from the dead?
SAINT ANTHONY
Yes.
VIRGINIE
But she's been dead three days.
SAINT ANTHONY
That's why I wish to raise her from the dead.
VIRGINIE
For her to live again as before?
SAINT ANTHONY
Yes.
VIRGINIE
But then there won't be any heirs?
SAINT ANTHONY
Of course not.
VIRGINIE
But what will Monsieur Gustave say?
SAINT ANTHONY
I don't know.
VIRGINIE
And will she take back the three thousand three hundred francs which she gave me because she was dead?
SAINT ANTHONY
Yes, of course.
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