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In some parts of Italy, if you praise a pretty child in the street, or even if you look earnestly at it, the nurse will be sure to say, "Dio la benedica!" so as to cut off all ill-luck; and if you happen to be walking with a child and catch any person watching it, such person will invariably employ some such phrase to show you that he does not mean to do it injury, or to cast a spell of jettatura upon it.
The woman lifted the lace veil from the tiny face and showed him the sightless eyes. He crossed himself. "Poveretto! Dio vi benedica!" As Olive left the sacristy a tall man came across the aisle towards her. It was Prince Tor di Rocca. "This is a great pleasure," he said. "But not to you, I am afraid. You are not glad to see me." "I am surprised. I do you often come into churches?" He laughed.
We gave some small coins of silver to aid him to continue his life of devotion, and Count Giovanni bestowed some coppers with the stately blessing, "Iddio vi benedica, padre mio." So we left the hermitage, left Fozza, and started down the mountain on foot, for no one may ride down those steeps.
"Give them to me," she said, and he was allowed to come into the space that the carabiniere kept clear. He thrust the bunch hurriedly into her hands, faltering, "Dio vi benedica." "Andatevi con Dio," she replied, and then laid the pale flowers and the shimmering green crown of leaves down upon the still breast. "Gemma, if ever I hurt you, forgive me now!"
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