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Francisco Marto on 13 July 1917, 13 October 1917

Francisco Marto

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13 Jul13 OctSecond-handSaw itLetterFigures / visionsSeers' words overheard
As told by Beatriz Gorjão (letter copied verbatim by Anita)
English

The eldest girl and the little boy whom we met later gave us the same explanation. A poor little woman asked her whether, among so many ladies as she saw on the 13th and among so many who have visited her, she had found any as beautiful as the lady from Heaven; the little girl said she had never seen any so beautiful, and the little boy, whom we later asked the same thing, said: that there was none so beautiful in the world.

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I heard the little boy say that not even if they were given the whole world would they tell it. When they are asked whether it is bad, they say it is good for everyone.

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We made the same experiment with the little boy, who always answered like his sister.

Português (original)

A mesma explicação nos deu a mais velha e o pequenito que depois encontramos. Uma mulherzita perguntou-lhe se em tantas senhoras que viu no dia 13 e entre tantas que a teem visitado, encontrou alguma tão bonita como a senhora do Ceu, a pequena disse que tão bonita nunca viu nenhuma, e o pequeno a quem depois perguntamos o mesmo disse: que tão bonita não havia nenhuma no mundo.

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Ao pequeno ouvi dizer que nem que lhe dessem o mundo inteiro o diriam. Quando lhes perguntam se é mau, dizem que é bom para todos.

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A mesma experiencia fizemos com o pequeno respondendo sempre como a irmã.

DCF III-1, Doc. 197 · letter · Oct 1917 (3 months later)View scans (4)Link

Read it in context: the full document (DCF III-1, Doc. 197) ·all passages by Francisco Marto