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16 TEE HOLY MOUNTAIN OF
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of Sister May of the Cross. A considerable
number of persons communicated. At the
convent of the Sisters of Providence I had an
interview with the Superioress. Under her
care the two children were placed at school,
some months after the Apparition, and in that
school they remained for four years. After
some conversation Sister Mary of the Cross
was introduced. She is now in her twentythird
year. Her features were pale but regular.
her demeanour singularly modest and recollected,
and her manner simple and religious.
Her dark eyes are remarkably lustrous, and
as she entered they brightened for an instant, .
though the rest of her features remained severely
tranquil, and even in speaking she
moved no more than her lips. Her whole expression
gave me the idea of one who had suffered
interiorly, and had already tasted of the
Cross. I put a series of questions, which she
answered with calmness, but with readiness.
And to this conversation we shall afterwards
return.
The ascent to the holy mountain is about
seven miles. At length our mules and guides
are ready. An arm-chair fixed on shafts, to
be borne on men's shoulders, is prepared for
an invalid of our party. The Abbe Melin,
cure of Corps, and archpriest of the Canton,
had the kindness to accompnny us. This worthy
ecclesiastic is a man of solid mind, and of
the greatest prudence: few- men are more respected.
It was providential that such a man
was found near, and with a certain authority,
to watch over the whole afftrir of La Salette