CHAPTER XIV
It was thus that the illustrious Doctor Mathéus, knowing the power of will, exhibited the greatness of the Being of Beings.
Margredel returned to her home, and the crowd proclaimed the miracle throughout Haslach. Her neighbours, and those who saw her afterwards seated at her door, said—
“Isn’t that Margredel, the paralytic, seated on her doorstep warming herself in the sun?”
Some answered—“Yes, it is her.” Others said—“No, it’s some one else, like her.” But she cried—“It’s myself! The prophet at the Three Roses has cured me!”
People from all quarters hurried to the Three Roses; they abandoned the churches to go and see and hear the prophet.
Frantz Mathéus stood at one of the dining-room windows, watching this spectacle, and enjoying indescribable pleasure.
“O Great Demiourgos,” he cried to himself, “I thank Thee! I thank Thee for having permitted me to live until this day! Frantz Mathéus may now die; he has seen the triumph of Anthropo-Zoology!”
Meanwhile, the Anabaptist Pelsly had gone to the Mayor of Haslach to denounce the illustrious philosopher.