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8514	And my father,she inquired,"is he here?
8514	And, from what I see,resumed Pierre, with a slight shudder,"you have thought that you might make use of the room?"
8514	Anyhow, gentlemen,exclaimed the doctor,"have you ever seen a lupus heal in this way so rapidly?
8514	Are you better?
8514	But you''ll wait a minute, wo n''t you? 8514 Can it be Sophie who is making such a noise?"
8514	Do n''t you feel ever so much better?
8514	Do you feel unwell?
8514	Do you remember, Sister, the morning when I was first able to walk about?
8514	Have you felt any pricking sensation?
8514	Is she going to die, madame?
8514	Really, can you do nothing?
8514	She is charming, and it''s settled, eh?
8514	She is cured, is n''t she?
8514	So there you are, showing the room again?
8514	Then why did n''t you let them take you to the Grotto?
8514	Well, Monsieur le Cure, does that poor young woman feel a little better?
8514	What a prodigy, is n''t it?
8514	What can one do? 8514 What is it, my girl?"
8514	What is the matter with you, my dear?
8514	What''s settled, my child?
8514	Which one?
8514	Why I''m fond of you? 8514 Why do n''t you try to sleep a little?"
8514	Why?
8514	Will you allow me to call you my friend, mademoiselle?
8514	You are going to marry her, are n''t you?
8514	You are the doctor, monsieur, are you not?
8514	You hear me, Raymonde? 8514 You''ll stay a little while with us, wo n''t you?"
8514	--"Was it not cruel to be infirm at her age?"
8514	And if Bernadette was only hallucinated, only an idiot, would not the outcome be more astonishing, more inexplicable still?
8514	And then, as Raymonde passed, he asked;"Do you happen to have a glass of water, mademoiselle?
8514	And was it not thus that, in the Middle Ages, possessed women had by the mouth cast up the Devil, by whom their flesh had so long been tortured?
8514	And, as Madame de Jonquiere approached her, to raise one of the pillows which was slipping from its place, she asked:"What day is it, madame?"
8514	And, moreover, would she ever consent to marry a priest who had broken his vows?
8514	Besides, had he not vowed in all charity that he would not wound anyone with his doubts?
8514	But what course could be adopted?
8514	Could her death be near, that they should thus be gazing at her?
8514	Could not something be tried to ease the dying woman?
8514	Could nothing really be done, however?
8514	Did he suffer because the Virgin, whilst healing her, had forgotten him, whose soul was so afflicted?
8514	Did you converse with the doctors before your departure?"
8514	Do you no longer remember the month we spent together, in my poor room, when I was so ill and you so affectionately nursed me?"
8514	Does it not suffice to weep and love?
8514	Go to sleep?
8514	Has n''t he returned from his excursion?"
8514	Has she experienced any relief?"
8514	How could he have witnessed her wondrous cure, indeed, without being convinced?
8514	Is it not so, Monsieur l''Abbe, you who have seen her so frequently; you no longer recognise her, eh?"
8514	Is n''t she pretty?
8514	It does not inconvenience you?"
8514	Ought one to believe that a multitude became a single being, as it were, able to increase the power of auto- suggestion tenfold upon itself?
8514	She did not understand him, but innocently asked:"Why so?"
8514	The orders are precise; you hear me?"
8514	Then, catching sight of Marie on the neighbouring bed, he added in a lower voice:"How is she?
8514	Was he jealous of the divine grace?
8514	Were miracles about to take place there?
8514	What could be the use of his praying?
8514	What did his torments matter?
8514	What should he do?
8514	What use is it to believe in dogmas?
8514	What was the unknown force thrown off by this crowd, the vital fluid powerful enough to work the few cures that really occurred?
8514	What was the use of a solemn return at present, when crowds flocked to the place without interruption and in increasing numbers?
8514	What, a consumptive?
8514	When the Blessed Virgin chooses to cure one of her children, it only takes her a second to do so; is that not so, Sister?
8514	Whilst he was chatting away, might not the Blessed Virgin be noticing one of his neighbours, more fervent, more sedate than himself?
8514	Why not call that young doctor who is here?"
8514	Why should he not return to a state of childhood like the others, since happiness lay in ignorance and falsehood?
8514	Why, therefore, should her felicity bring him such agony?
8514	You came across her this morning in a shop, did n''t you?"
8514	asked the superintendent of the bearers;"that lace banner over there?"
8514	gentlemen, how can I tell you?"
8514	how shall we manage to pass with the procession presently?"
8514	lay hands upon that little spotless soul, kill all belief in it, fill it with the ruins which worked such havoc in his own soul?
8511	And so you nearly missed the train, my child?
8511	And what is your name, my child?
8511	And you, my child, what do you do?
8511	Are you in great suffering?
8511	Are you thirsty?
8511	Is it not so, Monsieur l''Abbe?
8511	Is not suffering the best awakener of souls? 8511 Shall we lay you down again at once?"
8511	So it was of some injury to the foot that the Blessed Virgin cured you?
8511	Tell me,again asked Sister Hyacinthe,"how do you find him?
8511	Then how did you manage?
8511	What is the matter, my jewel, my treasure?
8511	What is the poor little thing suffering from?
8511	Would she eat a few grapes?
8511	Would you like another example, monsieur? 8511 You do not belong to the town of Poitiers?"
8511	/Mon Dieu!/ what will become of us?"
8511	Am I not sensible?"
8511	And was she not also the Health of the weak, the Refuge of sinners, the Comforter of the afflicted?
8511	And why should he have saddened her by his doubts, since he was so desirous of her cure?
8511	And, turning towards the child, Madame de Jonquiere added,"But she will show you her foot-- won''t you, Sophie?
8511	But it would be unnatural, would it not, that he should go off before her, especially as she is so ill?
8511	But that unfortunate creature seemed on the point of expiring, so how could she leave her all alone, on the hard seat of that carriage?
8511	Can you put them into your mouth?"
8511	Could you not revive him a little?"
8511	Did not simple rectitude require that he should throw off the cassock and return to the world?
8511	Do you find him so very low?
8511	Do you know it?
8511	Do you know the story of Pierre de Rudder, a Belgian working- man?"
8511	Do you really think me worthy of such a favour?"
8511	For although they had found one another again, what availed it, since she was but a corpse, and he was about to bid farewell to the life of the world?
8511	For if the world failed them, did not the Divinity remain to them?
8511	Had she dreamt in that fashion during the previous night?
8511	How can one do otherwise than place oneself in God''s hands, on seeing so much suffering cured or consoled?"
8511	How could the belief in miracles have germinated and taken root in this man''s brain?
8511	In which illustrated book belonging to her foster- mother''s brother, the good priest, who read such attractive stories, had she beheld this Virgin?
8511	Is it not so, Pierre?
8511	Monsieur Ferrand, is it you?"
8511	One would think that that gentleman is dangerously ill.""Which one, my dear child?"
8511	Or rather what faulty medical diagnosis, what assemblage of errors and exaggerations, had ended in this fine tale?
8511	Raymonde smiled and gave her mother a reproachful glance:"Mamma, mamma, why do you say that?
8511	She began to laugh, and then resumed:"Yes, Madame Volmar, we will try to sleep, wo n''t we, since talking seems to tire you?"
8511	So she, Bernadette, had seen something then?
8511	That is understood, is it not?
8511	The others were already pulling long faces and were about to protest, when Sister Hyacinthe exclaimed:"What, is it you, Sophie?
8511	There was an interval of silence, and then Madame Vincent inquired:"And you, madame, it''s for yourself no doubt that you are going to Lourdes?
8511	Was this the continuation of some forgotten dream?
8511	Well, and where is Father Massias?"
8511	Were they reaching Poitiers?
8511	What could be the use of that physiological inquiry into Bernadette''s case, so full of gaps and intricacies?
8511	What could it be,/mon Dieu/?
8511	What is his illness?"
8511	What should he do?
8511	What unknown force had acted in this case?
8511	What was it?
8511	What was the matter?
8511	What was to be done,/mon Dieu/?
8511	Where was the pressure, then, where the lesson learnt by heart?
8511	Where were the witnesses?
8511	Who, then, would dare to impute his loss of faith to him as a crime, even if this great misfortune should some day become known?
8511	Why should he not accept her as a messenger from the spheres beyond, as one of the elect chosen for the divine mystery?
8511	Wo n''t you, my darling?
8511	Yet why should he not believe some day?
8511	You will tell us what the Blessed Virgin did for you?"
8511	not there?"
8511	you saw her foot before and after the immersion?"
8512	And Madame Volmar?
8512	And so, my dear Gerard,he said to the young man seated beside him,"your marriage is really to come off this year?"
8512	And the dispensary?
8512	And what did your doctor say, Sophie?
8512	And what was it, Sophie, that you said to Madame la Comtesse, the superintendent of your ward?
8512	And you, too, my daughter, you are in a hurry?
8512	Are all these beds properly made, madame?
8512	Do I know anything? 8512 Do you feel more comfortable now?"
8512	Eh, cousin? 8512 In ten minutes, then?"
8512	Mademoiselle,said he to Raymonde,"shall I raise the young lady a little?"
8512	The way to the Grotto, if you please, madame?
8512	Well,he asked,"are we going to have a miracle-- a real, incontestable one I mean?"
8512	What is the use of that? 8512 Where is Berthaud?
8512	Where is Berthaud?
8512	Which is the way to the Grotto, madame, if you please?
8512	Will some of you gentlemen,he asked,"kindly lend me the help of your science?
8512	Will the white train be very late, monsieur?
8512	Would you like him to read something to you,resumed Madame de Jonquiere,"something that would ease and console you as he did in the train?
8512	You did not know, I suppose, that I had remained at Lourdes?
8512	You mean the miracles?
8512	You will help me, Monsieur l''Abbe, wo n''t you?
8512	You will remember, wo n''t you?
8512	* Was it not most unfortunate that one doctor should diagnose the illness and that another one should verify the cure?
8512	An icy bath may undoubtedly kill a consumptive; but do we know, whether, in certain circumstances, it might not save her?
8512	And at sight of Pierre she reproached him, saying,"What, my friend, did you forget me?"
8512	And he addressed himself to the doctor, whom he often met:"Did n''t they try to restore a dead man to life just now?"
8512	And how could he have recovered his breath when his mouth was full of water, his staring eyes seemingly dying afresh, beneath that watery veil?
8512	And it was only when the others had gone off smiling at one another, that she said to Pierre in a husky voice:"Has not my father come then?"
8512	And so I would ask what certainty that gentleman would obtain with his ward for visible sores?
8512	And such being the case, did not the miracle naturally become a reality for the greater number, for all those who suffered and who had need of hope?
8512	And what is the use, too, as regards the unbelievers?
8512	And why should it come and interfere here?
8512	And why then should not everything become a miracle?
8512	And, besides, might not these have been influenced by circumstances that one knew nothing of, in some cases by considerations of a personal character?
8512	Besides, can a miracle be proved?
8512	But if this were the case, what was the use of that last concession to human prejudices-- why engage a doctor for the journey if none were wanted?
8512	But what do you know of them?
8512	But what was the use of struggling any longer?
8512	But why did you not rely a little on those who love you?
8512	Can I accomplish anything?
8512	Come, since we have given Monsieur l''Abbe permission to read to you, why do n''t you let him do so?"
8512	Could he not even try to contend against his doubts by examining things and convincing himself of their truth, thus turning his journey to profit?
8512	Could she ever be forgiven?
8512	Do you renounce science then?"
8512	Do you want to scandalise every soul?"
8512	Eh, doctor?
8512	For instance, that unhappy girl, half dead, and covered with sweat-- would you have bathed her?"
8512	Had he asked them to awaken him?
8512	Had his soul become utterly withered then?
8512	Have I then been guilty of some inexpiable transgression that thou shouldst inflict such cruel chastisement upon me?
8512	He had often imagined Lazarus emerging from the tomb and crying aloud:"Why hast Thou again awakened me to this abominable life, O Lord?
8512	He thought that she wished to speak to him and leant forward:"Shall I remain here at your disposal to take you to the piscina by- and- by?"
8512	How can we possibly manage with so few?
8512	How did they know if he were not well pleased at being dead?
8512	How is it that some pestilence does not carry off all these poor people?
8512	However, the other halted, also looking extremely astonished, though he promptly exclaimed,"What, Pierre?
8512	Is Madame de Jonquiere quite well?
8512	Is it not beautiful, all that confusion in which so many opinions clash together?
8512	Is it not indeed pitiful to see the strongest, the clearest- minded become mere children again under such blows of fate?
8512	Is it to- day that she will cure me?"
8512	Is it you, at Lourdes?"
8512	Is n''t that the best thing that can happen to anyone?"
8512	It would n''t interest you, you do n''t care for it?
8512	No?
8512	Only, why did n''t they organise a special ward at the hospital, a ward which would be reserved for cases of visible sores?
8512	Pierre was feeling very moved, for was not this the strangest of adventures?
8512	Pointing to Marie, who was lying on her box listening to them, he exclaimed:"You tell all our sick to go home and die-- even mademoiselle, eh?
8512	Since she was certain of it, would she not assuredly be cured?
8512	So why wo n''t they dip me?
8512	That is the really important point, for what is the use of marrying a rich girl if she squanders the dowry she brings you?
8512	Then, breaking off, he inquired:"Has not Father Dargeles come here?"
8512	Then, still leaning on the doctor''s shoulder, he began to question him:"How many pilgrims did you have last year?"
8512	Was not the eternal illusion of happiness rising once more amidst tears and unconscious falsehoods?
8512	Was not this an unbeliever whom it might be possible to convert, whose influence it would be desirable to gain for advertisement''s sake?
8512	Were not those words he had just heard the despairing imprecations of Lazarus?
8512	What is the use of verifying them so far as believers are concerned?
8512	What should you say if she were cured here?
8512	What would become of him then?
8512	What would have been the use of it?
8512	What would my poor children have said, indeed, if I had not come?"
8512	What would you do with them,/mon Dieu?/ What pleasure would you find in prolonging the abomination of old age for a few years more?
8512	What would you have, my friend?
8512	Where are those laws in medicine?
8512	Who could tell if they possessed sufficient scientific authority to write as they did?
8512	Who could they be?
8512	Who knows if God Almighty did not will that death in order that He might prove His Omnipotence to the world?
8512	Who were these doctors?
8512	Why did you shut yourself up here with your sorrow?"
8512	Why do you rebel like this against the goodness of God who occasionally shows His compassion for our sufferings by alleviating them?
8512	With all respect to the medical profession, were there not innumerable doctors whose attainments were very limited?
8512	Would it not be the most monstrous injustice if for her, who did not know life, there should be nothing beyond the tomb?
8512	Would you like me to go down and fetch him?"
8512	You have made a good journey, I hope?"
8512	You understand?
8512	You will advise me, wo n''t you?"
8512	You will be able to chat with him, and you will be reasonable now, wo n''t you?"
8512	doctor, so you now believe that miracles are possible?
8512	whom I knew as an unbeliever, or at least as one altogether indifferent to these matters?"
8513	And Bernadette,Pierre suddenly inquired;"did you know her?"
8513	And Marie, how was she when you left her last night?
8513	And on this side, my side,said he,"is n''t there a gentleman with two ladies, and a little boy who walks about with a crutch?"
8513	And you accompany them to the Grotto?
8513	Are we going to stop here?
8513	Are you comfortable, Marie?
8513	Bernadette? 8513 But come, what about that bottle which I am to send off?"
8513	But why do n''t you go up to the Calvary, papa?
8513	But wo n''t you admit, doctor, the possibility of some disorder of the will?
8513	Can we be of any help to you?
8513	Do n''t you feel chilly?
8513	Do n''t you feel cold?
8513	Do you hear them, mademoiselle?
8513	Do you see those two trails of light yonder, which intersect one another and form a cross?
8513	Do you want to suffer still more?
8513	For you, monsieur-- a shave, eh?
8513	Gustave,he suddenly inquired,"have you asked your aunt''s forgiveness?"
8513	Have you lost yourself?
8513	Have you noticed one thing about her, gentlemen-- her extraordinary likeness to Bernadette? 8513 He is a married man, is n''t he?
8513	How are you, Marie?
8513	How can you say that there are no roses when they perfume the air around us, when we are steeped in their aroma? 8513 How could we hoist ourselves to such a height with Marie''s conveyance?"
8513	I?
8513	Is n''t the poor little thing any better?
8513	Is not that the Marquis de Salmon- Roquebert,she asked,"who is sitting over yonder between those two young men who look like shop assistants?"
8513	Is there nobody here?
8513	It is not the cold which makes you tremble, is it, Marie?
8513	Quite alone? 8513 Surely the Blessed Virgin will take pity on her and cure her, wo n''t she, Monsieur l''Abbe?
8513	They eat, they amuse themselves; what else can one expect?
8513	We shall never have time to get to the hospital before eight o''clock to fetch Marie,resumed M. de Guersaint,"for we must have some breakfast, eh?"
8513	We will go back to the Grotto at once, eh?
8513	Well, are you ready?
8513	Well, monsieur, opinions are free, are they not?
8513	Will you again accept me as a guide?
8513	Will you be all right here?
8513	Will you taste it?
8513	Wo n''t you invite us to come and taste your cookery to- morrow?
8513	You will take the Sacrament at the Grotto tomorrow morning, before you are brought back here, wo n''t you, my child?
8513	All at once Madame Desagneaux raised a cry"What, is it you, Berthe?"
8513	And besides, should I have been allowed to stay with her?
8513	And turning to Pierre she asked:"Where are the roses, my friend?
8513	And you, did you sleep well?"
8513	And you-- are you hungry?"
8513	And your husband, is he here with you?"
8513	Are there any near here?"
8513	But I fear it may be chilly outside; and besides, where could I go in the middle of the night?
8513	But what else could you expect?
8513	But you will come for me this evening at nine o''clock, wo n''t you, Pierre?
8513	Ca n''t you smell them, my friend?
8513	Can you see them?"
8513	Did n''t that give a semblance of truth to those spurious rumours of insanity which were circulated?
8513	Do you mind going so far?"
8513	Do you see how it floats and slowly approaches until it is merged in the great lake of light?"
8513	For each of those little flames is a suffering soul seeking deliverance, is it not?"
8513	Had he not come there to prostrate himself and implore the Virgin to restore the faith of his childhood?
8513	Had she been sleeping with her eyes wide open?
8513	Had they desired that the whole countryside should be poisoned in this wise by lucre and human filth?
8513	He had kept one letter in his hand and inquired of the landlord,"Have you a Madame Maze here?"
8513	His voice died away, and Marie, in her turn, said in a very low voice:"And the roses, the perfume of the roses?
8513	His wife is with him?"
8513	How could the sacristans manage to distribute the holy vestments and the cloths?
8513	How was it that she did not smile if she were cured?
8513	However, I owe myself to my customers as well, do I not?
8513	However, nine o''clock at last struck, and, Pierre not arriving, the girl wondered whether he, usually so punctual, could have forgotten her?
8513	Look, Pierre, is it not beautiful?"
8513	M. de Guersaint, who also was fond of a chat, thereupon began to question him:"You lodge some of the pilgrims, I suppose?"
8513	Moreover, why should he have curtly dismissed all questions of miracles, when miracles abound in the pages of Holy Writ?
8513	Must he also wait until he had grown old and endured equal sufferings in order to find a refuge in faith?
8513	On Pierre returning to Marie''s side, the girl inquired of him:"Well, and those roses?
8513	The place is deserted, one is quite alone, and is it not pleasant?
8513	Then, all at once raising his head, he inquired:"And did you also know Abbe Peyramale?"
8513	Then, growing anxious about his daughter, he inquired:"Shall I cover you up?
8513	There must be some roses about-- can''t you smell that delicious perfume?"
8513	Thus she kept on questioning Sister Hyacinthe, asking her:"Pray, Sister, is it not yet nine o''clock?"
8513	To be all- powerful and heal every one of them, was not that the desire which rose from each heart?
8513	Was he going to wait like the others?
8513	Was it in a dream that she had seen the marble figure of the Blessed Virgin bend its head and smile?
8513	Was it not abominable that the grip of disease should for weeks have been incessantly torturing her child, whose cry she knew not how to quiet?
8513	Was it not better that his parents should obtain that money?
8513	Was not that chance table symbolical of social communion, effected by the joint practice of charity?
8513	Was not the church their home, the asylum where consolation awaited them both by day and by night?
8513	Well, suppose I told you that she has already shown me her favour?
8513	What could be the obstacle within him?
8513	What could be the reasons which influenced the Virgin?
8513	What was the use of resisting?
8513	Whence came the irresistible revolt which prevented him from surrendering himself to faith even when his overtaxed, tortured being longed to yield?
8513	Where can they be since you could not see them?"
8513	Where was the justice, where the compassion?
8513	Why this one, and not that other?
8513	Why, then, did he not pray, why did he not beseech her to bring him back to grace?
8513	Would he not himself die later on, so as to suit the family convenience?
8513	Would you like me to show you Bernadette''s room and Abbe Peyramale''s unfinished church this evening?"
8513	Would you like to see it?"
8513	You assure me at all events that this young person is not consumptive?
8513	You can hear them, eh?
8513	You can smell it, ca n''t you?
8513	You understand, do n''t you?
8513	You will come with me, wo n''t you?"
8513	cried M. de Guersaint gaily;"ca n''t you hear the bells ringing?"
8513	exclaimed Gerard as they came out,"would you like to see the storehouse where the tapers are kept, before going to the offices?
8513	he added;"do you want to know your way?"
8513	murmured M. Chassaigne; and in a fatherly way he added:"Well, since you are walking, suppose we take a walk together?
8513	murmured the young priest,"do you see that one which has just begun to flicker, all by itself, far away-- do you see it, Marie?
8513	what shall I do?"
8513	what would have been the use of it, Monsieur l''Abbe?
8515	A key!--how is that? 8515 A priest?"
8515	And so,said he,"you propose to amuse yourself in Paris?"
8515	At what time shall we reach Paris?
8515	But what about me, father?
8515	Can not we be useful to you in any way?
8515	Could you believe it? 8515 Do n''t they go off looking better?
8515	Eh? 8515 Have you any wish to make known to us?"
8515	Have you heard talk of yesterday''s miracle? 8515 Have you spoken to the station- master?"
8515	How is that-- Paris?
8515	I did not tell you the truth-- About what?
8515	Is it not a lesson for their Republic, your reverence?
8515	Is your attack of gout worse, your reverence?
8515	Oh, my dear child, have I hurt you?
8515	Shall we make a move?
8515	So to- day''s really Tuesday, and we leave this afternoon?
8515	Then it''s decided, we are going to make our purchases there?
8515	Well, are you satisfied with the season?
8515	Well, is everyone ready?
8515	Well, my love, well, my love?
8515	What have we been doing?
8515	What have you been doing?
8515	What man?
8515	Why do you keep on kicking the seat, Sophie?
8515	You are sure you have everything?
8515	You recognise her, do you not?
8515	You recognise us, you can hear us, my poor friend, ca n''t you?
8515	You wicked child,she gasped;"how can you make us so unhappy, when we already have such a cruel loss to deplore?"
8515	You will often come with us, my good Pierre, wo n''t you?
8515	You''ll excuse me, wo n''t you, Monsieur l''Abbe?
8515	You, little one? 8515 ''What can it matter to you?'' 8515 After a while, however, she summoned up her courage and said:Will you kiss me, Pierre?
8515	Am I not right?"
8515	And Pierre overheard him saying in a subdued tone:"Why did n''t you bring me my three- dozen chaplets this morning?"
8515	And did Bernadette ever extend the pilgrimage of her dreams as far as Bartres?
8515	And do you know how much money they ended by asking of me at the station?
8515	And so, when pilgrims bound thither asked her with a smile,"Will you come with us?"
8515	And what must they not require to inspire them, since they have failed to produce anything grand even in this land of miracles?"
8515	And with renewed strength, and striking her forehead, she would answer:"Forget?
8515	And, in fact, had not the primitive Christians been terrible revolutionaries for the pagan world, which they threatened, and did, indeed, destroy?
8515	Are we rich enough to amuse ourselves?"
8515	At this Cazaban almost choked; the blood rushed to his face, he was beside himself, and stammered out"Close the Grotto?--Close the Grotto?"
8515	Binding her now upon the platform, the latter began paying her every attention, and asking,"Would you like some pillows for the night?
8515	Bring them me to- night, will you not?
8515	But could one ever tell in this strange world of ours?
8515	But is this not blasphemous, O Lord?
8515	But since she tempted him like this with her irritating candour, why should he not confess to her the truth which was ravaging his being?
8515	But was not the breath of a new Messiah needed for the accomplishment of such a task?
8515	But what would you?
8515	But what would you?
8515	Certainly they/had/ thought of it when they were at the Grotto, but was not the Blessed Virgin wisdom itself?
8515	Could a new religion ever place such a garden of eternal happiness on earth?
8515	Could she not fall asleep serenely in the peacefulness of her chaste soul?
8515	Could she not have honoured Him equally well by living the free, healthy life that she had been born to live?
8515	Did Bernadette often think of Lourdes whilst she was at Saint- Gildard?
8515	Did she not know far better than ourselves what she ought to do for the happiness of both the living and the dead?
8515	Did she not picture herself grown, with a lover of her own age, whom she would have loved with all the simplicity and affection of her heart?
8515	Do you feel no regret in seeing her?
8515	Do you want your people to be crushed to death?"
8515	Had he feared that the Grotto might keep Marie, that she might never come away from it again?
8515	Had he not gone too far in his passion against the Fathers?
8515	Had he, then, experienced so keen a desire to get far away from Lourdes?
8515	Had she again loaded them with favours, listening even to the unconscious dreams of their desire?
8515	Had they really prayed to the Blessed Virgin for this?
8515	Has their son Gustave had another attack?"
8515	Hast Thou not created youth and joy?
8515	He sighed, and, despite all his resignation, could not help saying, with a touch of envy:"What would you, however?
8515	How can you have formed such a wicked idea?"
8515	How could one fecundate the universal doubt so that it should give birth to a new faith?
8515	How could you have anything done properly in such a bear- garden?
8515	How is it that you''re already up, running about to see people?"
8515	How many times had despair overcome them when they feared that the poor child might depart before her?
8515	How many times had they dwelt on that dream; whose sudden realisation dumfounded them?
8515	However, a voice inquired,"And Madame Vincent, is n''t she going back with us?"
8515	However, all at once M. de Guersaint broke off to inquire:"By the way, what''s happening at our neighbour''s?
8515	I am indeed very unhappy, Monsieur l''Abbe, yet do you not think all the same that I am a good woman?"
8515	I brought her here like that when she was alive, I may surely take her back dead?
8515	I shall work, I shall work,"she resumed;"but you are right, Pierre, I shall also amuse myself, because it can not be a sin to be gay, can it?"
8515	Is n''t it so, father?
8515	Is not that an unfair rivalry, unworthy of honest people?
8515	It is so nice to live, is it not, Pierre?"
8515	It was understood, was it not, on September 15th, at the Chateau of Berneville?
8515	It will be very nice, will it not?"
8515	Jumping lightly to the ground, she exclaimed:"Then you do n''t think that this pattern would please madame, your aunt?"
8515	Lord, Almighty King, why cure others and not cure her?
8515	M. de Guersaint is about, is n''t he?"
8515	Might it not rather be some unknown form of ulcer of hysterical origin?
8515	Of what use could it be to will anything, do anything, when you totally resigned yourself to the caprices of an unknown almighty power?
8515	Only the rich can keep their dead, do what they like with them, eh?
8515	Or was it some other malady, some unknown disease, quietly continuing its work in the midst of contradictory diagnosis?
8515	Pierre, what do you say?"
8515	Shall we take a look at the shops?
8515	She wept at it with very weariness, with impatient revolt, and often repeated:"Why do they torment me like this?
8515	So it was over?
8515	Then Sister Hyacinthe interposed:"Has n''t the Blessed Virgin done things well, Monsieur l''Abbe?
8515	Then dost Thou not save the souls of the others?
8515	Then he again stopped, to inquire,"And how''s my daughter?"
8515	Then, breaking off, he inquired,"And you, are you all right?"
8515	Then, perceiving his wife standing beside him motionless, glued as it were to the platform, he cried:"What are you doing there?
8515	This religion of human suffering, this redemption by pain, was not this yet another lure, a continual aggravation of pain and misery?
8515	To save her soul?
8515	Was it even a real lupus?
8515	Was it the priest, the mother and her three daughters, or the old married couple on his left, who were fighting with the furniture?
8515	Was n''t it heart- rending, that knick- knack shop which they had stuck beside it?
8515	Was this, then, some special case of phthisis complicated by neurosis?
8515	What ardent desire of cure and life was it that had led to this refusal to accept evidence, this determination to remain blind?
8515	What belief should be sown to blossom forth in a harvest of strength and peace?
8515	What did I tell you?"
8515	What do they expect me to do with that corpse?
8515	What do you think they answered, monsieur?
8515	What knew she of the triumph of the Grotto, of the prodigies which were daily transforming the land of miracles?
8515	What more is there in me than in others?"
8515	What was it then that had happened?
8515	What was the use of stirring up a scandal which would only have led to jocular remarks in the newspapers?
8515	What was this imperious need of the things beyond, which tortured suffering humanity?
8515	What would be most likely to please Blanche?"
8515	When did Our Lady of Lourdes mean to bring back the monarchy?
8515	Whence came it?
8515	Where was the formula, the dogma, that would satisfy the hopes of the mankind of to- day?
8515	Why did she deceive me?
8515	Why did she not heal your soul at the same time that she healed my body?"
8515	Why not the young woman, the dear woman, whom they were taking home in a dying state?
8515	Why should equality and justice be desired when they did not seem to exist in impassive nature?
8515	Why should that child have been healed?
8515	Why should the Lord wish that dear being, all grace and gaiety, to remain motionless?
8515	Why spoil this happy hour of new life and reconquered youth by mingling with it the image of death?
8515	Why, then, did he not dare?
8515	Would he have the strength to keep that vow forever?
8515	Would it ever have the philosophical courage to take life as it is, and live it for its own sake, without any idea of future rewards and penalties?
8515	Would you also like her to be dead?
8515	Yet, who could tell?
8515	You will find me customers?"
8515	You will help me, wo n''t you?
8515	You''ll be dead?
8515	but why, and to what unknown and senseless end?
8515	by the way,"he resumed,"do you know of the good- luck which my substitute has had?
8515	dear madame, I told you of all my worries, and you can understand my happiness, ca n''t you?"
8515	do you think so?"
8515	exclaimed little Madame Desagneaux,"you will go to Berneville on the 15th?
8515	it''s prodigious; everything is there; how can that colossal panorama have been got into so small a space?
8515	my friend, you ca n''t have known what to think since four o''clock yesterday, when you expected me back, eh?
8515	was it their fault?
8515	what are you saying, my friend?
8515	what if we were to make our purchases there?
8515	would you have advised her not to drink the water?"
8515	you are not going back?"