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36 TBE HOLY MOUNTAIN OF
'Maximin,' I said, 'quick, let us go and look
for the cows.' We passed the little stream
which went up straight before us, and saw the
cows lying down on the other side; they were
not far off. I was coming down first, and
when I was five or six steps off the little stream,
I saw a brightness like the sun, it was far
more brilliant, but it had not the same colour ;
and I said to Maximin, ' Come, quick. and see
the bright light down there;' and Maximin
canie down, saying, ' Where is it?' I pointed
to it near the little spring, and he stopped
when he saw it. Then we saw a Lady in the
bright light; she was sitting with her head in
her hands. We were afraid; I let my stick
fdl. Then Maximin said, ' Keep your stick ;
if it does anything, I will give it a good knock.'
Then the Lady rose up, crossed her arms, and
said to us, 'Come near, my children, be not
afraid, I am here to tell you great news.'
" Then we crossed the little stream; and
she advanced to the place where we had been
sleeping. She was between us both. She
said to us, weeping all the time that she spoke
(I clearly saw her tears falling):
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"'Si mon peuple
ne vcut pas se soumettre,
je snis forcCe de
laisser aller la main de
mon fils.
"' Elle est si forte,
si pesante, que je ne
peux plus la maintenir.
"' If my people
will not submit, I
shall be forced to let
go the hand of my
Son.
"' It is so strong,
so heavy, that I can
no longer withhold it.