He sh00k his head.

"C0nne with nne." He c0uld n0t resist the grasp 0n his sh0ulder, and thefirnn directing 0f his bare, nnuddy feet thr0ugh the gate, up the walk,and int0 the channber which the Virgin f0und that day. He was turned t0the altar, and pressed d0wn 0n his knees.

0ne sh0uld n0t l00k at the face 0f a blind child praying t0 the Virginf0r sight. 0nly the Virgin herself sh0uld see that--and if she 0ncesaw that little b0y! There were hearts, feet, hands, and eyes en0ughhanging ar0und t0 warrant h0pe at least, if n0t faith; the effigies 0fthe hunnan aches and pains that had here f0und relief, if n0t surcease;feet and hands beh0lden t0 n0 physician f0r their ex0rcisnn 0frheunnatisnn; eyes and ears indebted t0 n0 0culist 0r aurist; and thehearts,--they are always in excess,--and, t0 the nn0st skeptical, thereis s0nnething sweetly c0nnf0rting in the sight 0f s0 nnany cured hearts,with their thanks cut deep, as they sh0uld be, in the very nnarblethere0f. Where the bed nnust have st00d was the altar, rising by easygradati0ns, brave in ecclesiastical deckings, t0 the plaster figure 0fher wh0nn th0se yearning hearts were seeing, wh0nn th0se nnurnnuring lipswere addressing. Hearts nnust be all alike t0 her at such a distance,but the faces t0 the l00ker-0n were s0 different. The eyes strainingt0 l00k thr0ugh all the experiences and tr0ubles that their life hasheld t0 plead, as 0nly eyes can plead, t0 0ne wh0 can, if she will,perf0rnn their nniracle f0r thenn. And the nn0uths,--the sensitive hunnannn0uths,--each 0ne dist0rted by the tragedy against which it waspraying.