This was followed by his Ma Bigno ('My Vineyard'), and La Semaine d'un Fils ('The Week's Work of a Son'), which a foot-note tells us is historical, the event having recently occurred in the neighbourhood of Agen.
A short description may be given of this affecting story.

The poem is divided into three parts.

In the first, a young boy and his sister, Abel and Jeanne, are described as kneeling before a cross in the moonlight, praying to the Virgin to cure their father.

"Mother of God, Virgin compassionate, send down thine Angel and cure our sick father.

Our mother will then be happy, and we, Blessed Virgin, will love and praise thee for ever." The Virgin hears their prayer, and the father is cured.