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IN THE WHIRLWIND OF GOD.
I.At two o'clock on the following day Jeanne, with Maria and Noemi, was waiting at Casa Selva for news from Villa Mayda, her thoughts dwelling, from time to time, on the persistent silence at the Grand Hotel.
Giovanni had gone to Villa Mayda before seven o'clock.

He had returned at nine.

He had not been able to see Benedetto.

Professor Mayda would not allow him or any one else to enter.