And besides--Her companions call out something from within; the woman turns away; a quarrel is going on.
Giovanni, Maria, and the students go in to see the girl who has been miraculously healed.

Noemi remains outside.

She is impatient to see Benedetto; she trembles, without knowing why; in her heart she calls herself a fool; but she does not move.
Two Benedictine habits are crossing the small field in the distance below.

Above the second the blade of a scythe flashes from time to time.
Hearing the hubbub of voices, and steps descending from above, Benedetto turned to his companion with a smile: "_Padre mio!_" Upon reaching Jenne, Don Clemente had immediately joined Benedetto in the small field he was mowing.

He had given him the painful message, and after a long discussion, had promised to say certain things which Benedetto wished said, to those who called him a saint.