"I'm sorry that that man is dead!" he exclaimed at length.

"From him something more might have been learned." "If he had lived, he would have escaped from the trembling hand of blind human justice.

God has judged him, God has killed him, let God be the only Judge!" Crisostomo gazed for a moment at the man, who, while he spoke thus, exposed his muscular arms covered with lumps and bruises.

"Do you also believe in the miracle ?" he asked with a smile.

"You know what a miracle the people are talking about." "Were I to believe in miracles, I should not believe in God.