Lúcia de Jesus
Lúcia says that she waited for a while, and during this time she was praying the rosary*; when they were about to pray the litany* she said: don't start, there's no time now — there were many people there — because she had already seen the lightning flash. She went to the holm-oak shrub with the people who were present; on arriving she made a bow, bending one knee, and at the same moment the Lady arrived, coming in an oblique line from the east, and Lúcia asked:
– Well then, what do you want of me?
– “I want to tell you to come back here on the 13th and to learn to read so that I can tell you what I want of you.”
– Then don't you want anything else?
– I want nothing more.
The dress was: a white mantle which reached from the head to the bottom of the skirt; it was gilded from the waist down, with cords running across and from top to bottom, and at the edges the gold was closer together. The skirt was all white and gilded with cords lengthwise and crosswise, but it reached only to the knee; a white jacket, not gilded, with only two or three cords at the cuffs; she had no shoes, she had white stockings, not gilded; round her neck she had a gold cord with a medal at the ends; she had her hands raised; in her ears she had some very tiny studs, very close to the ears; she parted her hands when she spoke; her eyes were black; she was of medium height.
Diz a Lúcia que esteve um bocado à espera e durante este tempo esteve a rezar o terço e quando iam para rezar a ladainha disse: não comecem que já não têm tempo, pois estava muita gente, por já ter visto o relâmpago e dirigiu-se à carrasqueira com o povo que estava: ao chegar fez uma vénia dobrando um joelho e ao mesmo tempo chegou a Senhora vindo em linha oblíqua do lado do nascente e fez a pergunta:
– Então o que é que me quer?
– “Quero-te dizer que voltes cá no dia 13 e que aprendas a ler para te dizer o que te quero.”
– Então não quer mais nada?
– Não quero mais.
O traje era: um manto branco que da cabeça chegava ao fundo da saia, era dourado da cintura para baixo dos cordões a atravessar e de alto a baixo e nas orlas era o ouro mais junto. A saia era branca toda e dourada em cordões ao comprido e a atravessar, mas só chegava ao joelho; casaco branco sem ser dourado, tendo nos punhos só dois ou três cordões; não tinha sapatos, tinha meias brancas, sem serem douradas; ao pescoço tinha um cordão de ouro com medalha aos bicos; tinha as mãos erguidas; tinha nas orelhas uns botões muito pequeninos e muito chegados às orelhas; separava as mãos quando falava; tinha os olhos pretos; era de meia altura.
