Lúcia de Jesus
We were on our way to the place of the holm-oak shrub and they told us that first we had to go to the Parish Priest's house; we went thinking that he wanted something of us; when we got there we went up onto the veranda waiting [2v] for the orders they would give us; nobody wanted us for anything.
Then they said to us. Get into this carriage so that you get to the place more quickly; first my father said that we would go on foot; but the Administrator told us to get into the carriage again saying that going in the carriage we would be free of the crowd. So on my father's orders I got into the carriage and my cousins instead of going with us to the cova de Iria went to Vila Nova de Ourem. I said this isn't the way over here; but the Administrator answered saying that we were going to Ourem to the Parish Priest's house and afterwards we would come in an automobile and would still get here in time; And as soon as we got to Ourem he locked us in a room promising us that we would not leave there until we told the secret that the [3] Lady had confided to us; and so three days went by threatening us with various punishments and promising us some gold coins but they got nothing out of us. Then they came and put us at the Parish Priest's house.
Ea-mos a caminho para o sitio da carrasqueira e disséram-nos que primeiro tinha-mos de ir a casa do Senhor Prior; formos pençando que êle nos queria alguma coisa; chegando lá subir-mos para a baranda esperando [2v] pelas ordens que nos davam; ninguem nos queria para nada.
Disseram-nos então. Subam para este carro para que cheguem mais de pressa lá ao sitio; primeiro meu pai disse que nós ia mos a pé; mas o Senhor Admenistrador mandou-nos subir de novo para o carro dizendo que indo no carro iamos livres do povo. Então por ordem do meu pai subi para o carro e os meus primos em vez de irem com nosco para a cova de Iria foram para Vila Nova de Ourem. Disse eu não é para aqui para êste lado; mas o Senhor Admenistrador respondeu dizendo que nós iamós a Ourem a casa do Senhor Prior e depois vinhamós num altemovel que ainda cá chegávamos a tempo; E assim que chegamos a Ourem fichou-nos dentro dum quarto prometendu-nos não sair-mos da-li enquanto não dissésse-mos o segredo que a [3] Senhora nos tinha cofiado; e assim se passaram trez dias amiacando-nos com diversos castigos e prometendu-nos algumas peças de oiro mas nada conseguiram de nós. Entam vieram-nos por em casa do Senhor Prior.
