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Chapter
XXXVII.—Another Recognition.
But while Peter was detailing these things in the
hearing of the old man, in a narrative which was most pleasing to the
crowd, so that the hearers wept through wonder at the events, and
through compassion for sufferings incident to humanity,854
my mother, hearing (I know not how) of
the recognition of my father, rushed into the middle of us in
breathless haste, crying out, and saying: “Where is my
husband, my lord Faustinianus, who has been so long afflicted,
wandering from city to city in search of me?” While she
shouted thus like one demented, and gazed around, the old man, running
up, began to embrace and hug her with many tears.855
| 855 [Comp. Homily XIV.
9. The recognition of the mother is represented as occurring
first; the variations are quite remarkable.—R.] | And while these things were going
on, Peter requested the crowds to disperse, saying that it was unseemly
to remain longer; but that opportunity must be afforded them of seeing
one another more privately. “But to-morrow,” said he,
“if any of you wish it, let them assemble to hear the
word.”
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