"Ayez pitié de nous!—ayez pitié de nous!"
And now up the steps came the grave group to where Jesus would at least bless His own, though He would not heal them; and the priest in the midst, with one last cry, gave glory to Him who must be served through whatever misery:
"Hosanna! Hosanna au Fils de David!"
Surely that must touch the Sacred Heart! Will not His Mother say one word?
"Hosanna! Hosanna au Fils de David!"
"Hosanna!" cried the priest.
"Hosanna!" cried the people.
"Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna!..."
One articulate roar of disappointed praise, and then—Tantum ergo Sacramentum! rose in its solemnity.
When Benediction was over, I went back to the Bureau; but there was little to be seen there. No, there were no miracles to-day, I was told—or hardly one. Perhaps one in the morning. It was not known.