A11 The Third Visit To The Cavern

After the last event, Everything calmly went. Francois was very strict In watching Bernadette. But Louise, her mother, Took more pity on her, Being the eldest daughter, An innocent sickly creature. Bernadette was mentally Always thinking of the Lady, Though she was physically At home helping her family. In Madame Millet’s house Louise was doing service. This Madame lost her cousin Who died at her twenty-seven. She thought, perhaps, the Lady Was in her cousin’s body, That appeared as a spirit Before this girl Bernadette. She wanted to visit The place and meet Her cousin’s spirit, Along with Bernadette. Louise felt too delicate. To refuse her boss’s request, While she had her own fear Of fatal risk to her daughter. At the same time, To disappoint Madame, She was a bit hesitant, And was not for it To avoid the crowd It was then decided To go to the cavern, By early next morn. Louise gave her consent, And as planned, they went. The Lady smiled at The girl Bernadette. At the Madame’s request She asked the Lady to write But nothing was on paper When it was returned later. As desired by the Madame, She asked for the name But the Lady shook her head And as a gesture, laughed. The Lady told her this time, “Will your grace come For fifteen days more To meet me here? ” “I can’t make any promise, In this world, your happiness, But only in the next, A life, the one best.” When Bernadette revealed it, The Madame was quite upset To know, it wasn’t her cousin Who spoke there that morn. In a dilemma, Louise was. How can she solve this? “To send her daily or not, ” This occupied her thought. Bernarde, Louise’s sister However, advised her, “Bernadette is innocent, She needs our support.” “Don’t have any fear, We’ll go with her. May be, she saw her. Let us all believe her.”