"To recommend you to God, mamma," replied Maria.
And getting up and putting her face near her mother's, she continued in a whisper:—
"Say with me, mamma: 'My Jesus....'"
The mother repeated listlessly: "My Jesus."
"By thy most sacred passion."
"By thy most sacred ... passion."
"By the innumerable pains that thou hast suffered."
"By the in ... numerable ... pains."
"That thou hast suffered," repeated Maria.
"That thou hast suffered."