She proclaims this at once, announces that she is being healed.
Pressing around her they laugh and cry, and praise the Lord all at the same moment.

They kiss her garments, as if she herself had become holy; the news is shouted to those outside.

Joyous voices answer, more people press into the den, with glowing faces, with eager eyes.

But at that moment some one who has gone farther down the hill in search of the Saint, cries from afar: "The Saint is coming! The Saint is coming!" Then the cave pours out a stream of people upon the slope; a din of voices and a rush of feet flow downwards, and in a second the Selvas and the three or four students stand alone, below the door of the cabin.

Many of the women of Jenne have gone back to their work in the bakehouse, while others are looking on from the doorway.