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 waiting by her side, and said to him-. "You hare obtained the grace that you asked." Etienne said: ' Mother, will Neri be cured ?" " Assuredly he will be saved," answered she, " for God desires to restore him to us." Etienne hastened to impart his joyful hopes to the sick person. The physicians afterwards arrived, and having recommenced their observations, began to say that, although they had given him up, his symptoms demonstrated that he might yet recover. In effect, according to Catherine's promise, convalescence commenced, and the recovery was soon complete.

But Etienne Maconi, overcome by the fatigue and sorrow occasioned by Neri's illness, was attacked by a violent fever, attended with vomiting and violent pains in the head. He kept his bed, and as he was generally beloved, we assisted him, and sought to console him. When the blessed Catherine heard of his state she was much afflicted; she visited him, and interrogated him concerning his malady, and perceiving that he was suffering from a fever, she said in a tone of authority; " I command you in virtue of holy obedience to have this fever no longer." Wonderful to relate ! nature obeyed this order as if the Creator of all things had pronounced it from high heaven; without employing any remedy, and before Catherine left his bedside, Etienne was completely delivered from his fever. We were all delighted to have our friend restored to us, and gave thanks to God for having so promptly manifested his power.

To these two miracles I will add a third, of which I was not witness, being absent; but she in whose favor it was performed, is yet living, and can testify to it. Jeanne de Capo, was a Sister of Penance of St. Dominic, and belonged to Sienna, but did not reside there. When the