Maria Rosa
On the thirteenth of August Lúcia went out in the morning with the sheep, and when she came back the house was already full of people. She meant to go to the Cova da Iria, as in the previous months, but the administrator took her to Ourém, the news of the arrest being told to the mother by her sister-in-law, who, on her way to the Cova da Iria, heard that the administrator had made off with the children. Lúcia's mother was hurt but did not fret, because she knew they would not eat the children, thinking at the same time that if they were lying they deserved some punishment, and that if they were telling the truth Our Lady would defend them. Afterwards, in the afternoon, many people came trying to comfort her, saying that they were now going away more believing, because it was the first day on which the signs appeared. Jacinta's brothers went by bicycle to see what was going on in Ourém and came back saying that they had seen the children playing on the administrator's veranda, and that he was treating them well. The administrator came to bring them back to Fátima on the fifteenth in a carriage and put them on the parish priest's veranda. Lúcia's mother, who was there, came home with her daughter. The children seemed as cheerful as before and ready to play, saying that they had been asked many questions and that a doctor had come to examine them. The administrator said that the people had an illness from having seen signs, and her brother-in-law Marto told him that in that case a great many people were ill.
Em treze de agosto a Lúcia saiu pela manhã com as ovelhas e quando veio já estava a casa cheia de gente. Estava com tenção de ir à Cova da Iria, como nos meses anteriores, mas o administrador levou-a para Ourém, tendo sido a notícia da prisão comunicada à mãe pela cunhada que, indo para a Cova da Iria, ouviu dizer que o administrador tinha abalado com as crianças. A mãe da Lúcia ficou magoada, mas não se apoquentou porque sabia que não comiam as crianças, pensando ao mesmo tempo que se elas mentiam, mereciam algum castigo e que se diziam a verdade, Nossa Senhora as defenderia. Vieram depois, à tarde muitas pessoas que procuravam confortá-la, dizendo que iam agora mais crentes, porque foi o primeiro dia em que apareceram os sinais. Os irmãos de Jacinta foram de bicicleta observar o que se passava em Ourém e vieram dizer que tinham visto as crianças a brincar na varanda do administrador, que os tratava bem. O administrador veio trazê-los à Fátima no dia quinze num carro e foi pô-las na varanda do senhor Prior. A mãe da Lúcia, que estava lá, veio com a filha para casa. As crianças mostraram-se como dantes contentes e prontas para brincar, dizendo que lhes tinham feito muitas perguntas e que tinha ido um médico examiná-las. O administrador disse que o povo estava com uma doença por ter visto sinais, e o cunhado Marto disse-lhe que então estava muita gente doente.
