DAPHNE
"What became of the poor god?" asked Daphne.
"He fled, I suppose to hell," answered Assunta piously.
"Poor heathen gods!" murmured Daphne.
The sunshine, flooding the little room, fell full on her face, and made red lights in her brown hair.
"There was a god of the sun, too, named Apollo," she said, warming her hands in level rays. "Was he banished too?"
Assunta shrugged her shoulders.
"Who knows? They dare not show their faces here since the Holy Father has blessed the land."
Hermes bleated at the door, and the trio descended the hill together, Assunta carrying a basket of grapes and a bottle of yellow oil, Daphne with a slender flask of red wine in her hand.
The next day the heavens opened, and rain
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