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Benedetto looked at him, pleased at the new word of affection, and stretched out his hand in search of Mayda's; the Professor took it tenderly between his own. At the same time he felt humiliated by his own forgetfulness. Was he about to lose his reason?
He distributes his bread among the poor, comforts the sick, and, it seems, has really healed one or two by the laying on of hands and by prayer. He has, in fact, become so popular that Professor Mayda's daughter-in-law, notwithstanding her faith and piety, would gladly dismiss him, on account of the annoyance his many visitors cause.
I did not wish to say so before, because the Marchesa is not the person to tell such things to, but there is much trouble brewing. Benedetto's every step has been watched; Professor Mayda's daughter-in-law has been made use of, through the confessional, to obtain information concerning his language, and they have found out about the meetings.
But she had not been aware of Professor Mayda's sad opinion. Partly from kindness, but partly also that her own emotion might not be revealed, Noemi had hidden it from her, Carlino received her unkindly. The doctor, who had found his pulse rather frequent, concluded at once that it was an angry pulse. He jested a few minutes about the serious nature of the illness, and then took his departure.
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