nathair

Updated: May 22, 2025

The doctor made the sign of the cross and raised his voice, while beneath his feet he felt that almost imperceptible oscillation which prefaces the moment in which a wreck is about to founder. He said, "Pater noster qui es in coelis." The Provençal repeated in French, "Notre Père qui êtes aux cieux." The Irishwoman repeated in Gaelic, understood by the Basque woman, "Ar nathair ata ar neamh."

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