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He has not been tried yet, perhaps he never will be. His wife has gone into Naples to-day to see him." "Oh, she's away?" "Si, Signore." "And her name, her Christian name? It's Maria, isn't it?" "No, Signore, Maddalena Maddalena Bernari." Artois said nothing for a minute. Then he added: "I suppose there are plenty of Maddalenas here in Mergellina?" The man laughed. "Si Signore.
She listened sympathetically, occasionally putting in a word, till suddenly Fabiano said: "Antonio Bernari will be out to-day. I suppose you know that, Signora?" "Antonio Bernari! Who is he? I never heard of him." Fabiano looked surprised. "But he is Ruffo's Patrigno. He is the husband of Maddalena." Hermione stood still on the pavement. She did not know why for a moment.
"But he is not a boatman, Signore. He does not go with the travellers. He is a fisherman." "Yes. Do you know his mother?" "Si, Signore." "What is her name?" "Bernari, Signore. She is married to Antonio Bernari, who is in prison." "In prison? What's he been doing?" "He is always after the girls, Signore. And now he has put a knife into one." The man shrugged his shoulders. "Diavolo! He is jealous.
Hermione stood still. "What are you talking about?" "Signora! About Antonio Bernari, who has just come home from prison! Didn't you see him? But you were there in the house!" "Oh yes, I saw him. A rivederci!" "Ma " "A rivederci!" She felt in her purse, found a coin, and gave it to him. Then she walked on. She did not see him any more. She did not know what became of him.
Of course she had seen the return of Antonio Bernari. She remembered now. As Ruffo stood before her with the wet hair on his forehead there had come a shrill cry from the old woman in the kitchen: a cry that was hideous and yet almost beautiful, so full it was of joy. Then from the kitchen the two women had rushed in, gesticulating, ejaculating, their faces convulsed with excitement.
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