Dr.Meurot, the President here" (he indicated with his head the doctor who sat three places off, who was putting his questions rapidly to the two attending physicians)--"Dr.Meurot examined her himself early this morning.

This is just the formal process before she goes to the grotto.

The fracture is complete.
It's between the eleventh and twelfth dorsal vertebrae." "And you think she'll be cured ?" The monk smiled.
"Who can tell ?" he said.

"We've only had one case before, and the papers on that are not quite in order, though it's commonly believed to be genuine." "But it's possible ?" "Oh, certainly.

And her own conviction is absolute.