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Lúcia, Francisco and Jacinta on 13 October 1917

13 OctSecond-handSaw itSworn depositionSeers' words overheard
As told by Luís António Vieira de Magalhães e Vasconcelos, via Emílio Infante da Câmara
English

Almost at the moment of departure I met my friend Emílio Infante da Câmara, who told me he had gone to see the shepherd girls and that they had said: that the war would end soon, or that it would end eight days from then (I cannot say exactly). He also told me they were dressed in first-Communion "toilettes".

Português (original)

Quase no momento da partida encontrei o meu amigo Emílio Infante da Câmara que me disse ter ido ver as pastoras e que estas tinham dito: que a guerra acabaria brevemente, ou que acabaria de ali a oito dias (não posso precisar). Disse-me também que elas estavam vestidas com “toilettes” de primeira Comunhão.

Read it in context: the full document (DCF Seleção, Doc. 32 (= DCF I, Doc. 28)) ·all passages by Lúcia, Francisco and Jacinta