Antonio Bastos of Valle de Figueira, who was my fellow student at the Seminary, had lost the faith and had not known what it was to pray for a good ten years. Well, he told me today that having gone to Fatima much against his will, solely to accompany members of his family, mocking everything and everyone along the way, at the sight of the prodigy, he was converted, prayed with devotion, began to pray the rosary every day, and was getting ready to make a general confession*.
O Antonio Bastos de Valle de Figueira que foi meu condiscipulo no Seminario tinha perdido a fé e não sabia o que era rezar ha uns bons dez annos. Pois disse-me hoje que pois tendo ido á Fatima muito contrariado unicamente para acompanhar pessoas de familia, troçando de tudo e de todos pello caminho, á vista do prodigio, se converteu, rezou com devoção principiou a rezar o terço todos os dias, e estava-se preparando para fazer uma confissão geral.
He read the articles by Pinto Coelho, and convinced himself in view of what he said that he had been the victim of an illusion.
Leu os artigos do Pinto Coelho, e convenceu-se em vista do que elle dizia de que tinha sido victima de uma illusão.