Rita Basto
Pilgrimsister of Maria Bettina Basto, painter
As told by Maria Caminha
English
It was Rita and Bettina who had that happiness, and many other people.
Rita saw in front of the sun the face [3] of Our Lady, only the face, and she was becoming.... I don't even know how to put it, she lost the sense of time, and cannot describe what she saw, she doesn't know how; nothing can compare with the beauty and sweetness of that smile.
Português (original)
Rita e Bettina é que tiveram essa felicidade e muitas outras pessoas.
A Rita via adiante do sol a face [3] de Nossa Senhora, só a face, e ia ficando.... nem sei como dizer, perdeu a noção do tempo, e não pode descrever o que viu, não sabe, nada se póde comparar com a belleza e doçura d'aquelle sorriso.
DCF III-1, Doc. 146 · letter · 21 Oct 1917 (8 days later) · also in DCF III-1, Doc. 358View scans (2)Link
