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Unnamed married couple from Coimbra on other events of 1917

GroupPilgrimvisitors of good social standing
Other 1917Second-handLetterTravelled from afarCrowd scene
As told by Maria Joaquina Tavares de Proença de Almeida Garrett
English

A few days ago a gentleman from here and his wife, people of standing and good principles, went to visit the place of the Apparition. There were a good many people there praying, and little Lucia was there, but it made a bad impression to see her with a money box asking for alms.

Português

Um d'estes dias, foi d'aqui um sujeito casado com a mulher, pessoas de cathegoria e bons sentimentos, visitar o local da Apparição. Havia lá bastantes pessoas rezando e a pequena Lucia lá estava, mas causou má impressão vê-la com um mealheiro pedindo esmolas.

The same family from here who told of the money box also said that the little girl had not made a good impression on them when answering the questions put to her, reciting everything like a barrel organ or a repeater watch*.

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Tambem a mesma familia d'aqui, que contou o facto do mealheiro, disse, que não o impressionara bem a pequena a responder ás perguntas que lhe faziam, dizendo tudo como realejo, ou relogio de repetição.

She seemed to be repeating a lesson she had been taught, without any real feeling of piety and without a true awareness of the grace received.

Parecendo que repetia uma lição ensinada, sem um certo sentimento de piedade, e sem bem consciencia da graça recebida.

DCF III-1, Doc. 244 · letter · 1 Nov 1917Scans (2)
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