25/33 With perfect readiness she accepted the invitation, and began at once to discourse in an edifying way. Whether the priest was among those who came my informant did not know. Many of those who had come could not get within hearing, but those at the outskirts of the crowd hoped that the saint might come out before disappearing. About midnight the mysterious visitor announced that she would go and bring St.Nicholas, the miracle-worker, and requested all to remain perfectly still during her absence. |