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XXVIII.—More Recognitions.
And when Peter said this,799
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28–36 the narrative in Homily XIII. 3–11 corresponds quite
closely.—R.] |
Niceta and Aquila suddenly started up, and being astonished, began to
be greatly agitated, saying: “O Lord, Thou Ruler and God of
all, are these things true, or are we in a dream?” Then
Peter said: “Unless we be mad, these things are
true.” But they, after a short pause, and wiping their
faces, said: “We
are Faustinus and Faustus: and even at the first, when you began
this narrative, we immediately fell into a suspicion that the matters
that you spoke of might perhaps relate to us; yet again considering
that many like things happen in men’s lives, we kept silence,
although our hearts were struck by some hope. Therefore we waited
for the end of your story, that, if it were entirely manifest that it
related to us, we might then confess it.” And when they had
thus spoken, they went in weeping to our mother. And when they
found her asleep, and wished to embrace her, Peter prevented them,
saying: “Permit me first to prepare your mother’s
mind, lest haply by the great and sudden joy she lose her reason, and
her understanding be disturbed, especially as she is now stupefied with
sleep.”
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