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"If they convert, the stones and rocks will
change into wheat, and potatoes will be found
sown in the earth. Do you say your prayers pro­
perly, my children?"

We both replied: "Oh! no, Madame, not so
much."

"Oh! my children, you must say them morn­
ing and evening. When you can do no more, say a Pater and an Ave Maria: and when you have the
time to do better, you will say more.

Only a few old women go to Mass; in the sum­
mer, the rest work all day Sunday and in the winter, when they are at a loose end, they only go to
mass to make fun of religion. During Lent, they go to the butcher's like hungry dogs.

Have your ever seen any spoilt wheat, my
children?

We both answered: "Oh no, Madame." The Holy Virgin turned to Maximin, saying:

But you, my child, you must have seen some
once near le "Coin", with your father. The farmer said to your father: "Come and see how my
wheat's gone bad!" You went to see. Your
father took two or three ears in his hand, rubbed them, and they fell to dust. Then, on your way
back, when you were no more than half an hour away from Corps, your father gave you a piece of
bread, and said: "Take it, eat it while you can, my son, for I don't know who will be eating any
thing next year if the wheat is spoiled like that!"