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In the third example, the conspicuous female figure is combined with the series of groups on each side. She stands with hands outspread, in the attitude of prayer, between the two apostles, who seem to sustain her arms. On one side is the miracle of the water changed into wine; on the other side, Christ healing the woman who touched His garment; both of perpetual recurrence in these sculptures.

Vanslyperken, who now perceived that Smallbones had been by some miracle preserved, recovered himself. "If you forgive me," replied Vanslyperken, "then pray do not ill-treat my dog." "I'se not forgiven him, any how I owes him enough, and now I'll have his account settled by gum. When you goes up there, he goes up here, as sure as I am Philip Smallbones."

I beg, and if necessary, I demand, that you will hand me those letters or that you will retire." "In a few minutes, brother, you will entreat me to remain." "I doubt it." "A few words will operate this miracle. In spite of himself, Rodin started almost imperceptibly, as he replied: "I do not understand you."

As usual he was very busy, excited and on the scent of he knew not what. He was one of those great journalists they are rare in the profession who, without taking the trouble to read a thing, can give you a vivid, brilliant account of it, which often, by a miracle, proves to be fairly just.

"The landlady shouted out there was no wood left. I just saw her go out to buy some." "Story story!" she longed to cry. He came quite close to her, stood over her and whispered: "Aren't you going to ask me to finish my cigarette in your room?" She nodded. "You may if you want to!" In that moment together in the passage a miracle had happened.

When he had gone some way along the moorland he stopped, and without looking back tried the effect of the magic words, saying: "Dappled Horse with Mane of Gold, Horse of Wonder! Come to me. Walk not the earth, for I am told You fly like birds o'er land and sea." Then amid flash of lightning and roll of thunder appeared the horse. A horse, do I say? Why, he was a miracle of wonder.

The Prince and Haultepenne attempted in vain to protect them against the fury of the soldiers, and every man of them was instantly put to death. The next day, Alexander gave orders that the wife and sister of the commandant should be protected for they had escaped, as if by miracle, from all the horrors of that day and night and sent, under escort, to their friends!

Or ought one to admit that certain forms of lupus, as yet but imperfectly studied and arising from faulty nutrition of the skin, might be benefited by a great moral shock? At all events there here seemed to be a miracle, unless, indeed, the sore should reappear again in three weeks', three months', or three years' time, like La Grivotte's phthisis.

The woman who was bringing the body of the miracle came round the corner of the mill, and showed herself in the open space with the bolt of cloth borne carefully in her arms. "Why, it's a baby!" came from that merriest of the Hounds whom Redfield had turned from an enemy into a troublesome friend of the believers.

And so, still carrying his burden and keeping close within the fenced-up way, our pilgrim came at last to a cross. And a perfect miracle immediately took place in that somewhat ascending ground.