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Did not Father Tommaso tell you but yesterday, that it was
not right to believe in ghosts or witches, save and except the
peculiar one or two it is his business to know about, and who lived
some thousand years ago? There have been none since, believe me."
"Strange things do happen, however," observed Signora Martina,
thoughtfully,--"things that neither priest nor lawyer can
explain. What was that thing which appeared, twenty years ago, on the
tower of San Ciprano?" The Signora's voice sent a shudder through all
the women present.
"A trick, and a stupid trick," persisted her husband.
"Not at all a trick, Doctor," said Martina, shaking her head.
"Did you see it yourself, Martina?"
"No; but I saw those who did with their own two blessed eyes."
"The Padrona is quite right," said Beppo, without leaving his
basket. "I, for one, saw it."
This assertion produced such a hubbub as sent the Doctor growling from
the room, and left Signora Martina at liberty to comply with the
general petition for the story.


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