Lúcia de Jesus
The first time, did you ask Francisco and Jacinta not to tell their family anything of what they had seen?
– I did.
35th – Why?
– Because last year my mother scolded me when I told her I had seen the white figure, and told me I was lying.
36th – Did your mother learn of the 1st apparition from you?
– No; it was through Francisco and Jacinta, or through people they had told what they saw.
37th – Tell me what you heard the Lady say in May.
– In May the Lady said we were not to be afraid because she would do us no harm. I asked her where she was from and she told me she was from Heaven. I asked her what she wanted and she answered that we were to go there every month, month after month, and at the end of six months she would say what she wanted.
38th – Why did you go to the place of the apparitions from then on on the 13th and not on another day of each month?
– I went on the 13th because that made it a month. I understood that I should go on the 13th, because the day of the first apparition was the 13th.
39th – Did you ask her any more questions?
– I asked whether we were going to Heaven and the Lady said yes, but that Francisco would have to say his beads*.
40th – Did the Lady say anything else?
– Perhaps she said something else, but I don't remember.
Da primeira vez pediste ao Francisco e à Jacinta que não dissessem à família nada do que tinham visto?
– Pedi.
35a – Porquê?
– Porque o ano passado minha mãe ralhou-me, quando eu lhe disse que tinha visto o vulto branco, e disse-me que eu andava a mentir.
36a – Tua mãe soube por ti da 1a aparição?
– Não; foi pelo Francisco e pela Jacinta ou por pessoas a quem eles tivessem contado o que viram.
37a – Conta-me o que ouviste dizer à Senhora em maio.
– Em maio a Senhora disse que não tivéssemos medo porque não nos fazia mal. Perguntei-lhe donde era e ela disse-me que era do Céu. Perguntei-lhe o que que queria e ela respondeu que fôssemos lá todos os meses de mês a mês e ao fim de seis meses dizia o que queria.
38a – Porque foste daí em diante ao local das aparições no dia 13 e não noutro dia de cada mês?
– Fui no dia 13 porque fazia um mês. Entendi que devia ir no dia 13, porque o dia da primeira aparição era 13.
39a – Fizeste-lhe mais algumas perguntas?
– Perguntei se íamos para o Céu e a Senhora disse que sim, mas que o Francisco devia rezar as contas.
40a – A Senhora disse mais alguma coisa?
– Talvez dissesse mais alguma coisa, mas não me lembro.
Editor's notes (1)
5 Francisco António, born in 1873 and married to Jacinta de Jesus, then living at Casa Velha.
5 Francisco António, nascido em 1873 e casado com Jacinta de Jesus, então residente na Casa Velha.
