41/147 "That is painful to him; he does not wish it. Perhaps they will try to touch his habit by stealth, but even that is difficult now." The poor people stopped singing, and a woman came to ask the hostess if it had already struck eleven o'clock? The man had been ill with fever for two years, and the girl, his sister, had heart disease. They had come from the lowlands of Arcinazzo, a journey of several hours, to be healed by the Saint of Jenne. A woman from Arcinazzo, who had heart disease, had been cured some days before by simply touching his habit. |