It was the Sisters of Charity, at the Lariboisiere hospital, who, finding that she had a passion for religious ceremonies, had completed her conversion, and convinced her that the Virgin awaited her at Lourdes to cure her.
"I certainly need it," said she.

"The doctors say that I have one lung done for, and that the other one is scarcely any better.

There are great big holes you know.

At first I only felt bad between the shoulders and spat up some froth.

But then I got thin, and became a dreadful sight.