ones debiles.... Rezad un _Pater
Noster_[2] y un _Ave Maria_[3] al arcangel San Miguel,[4] jefe de las
milicias celestiales, para que os asista contra los malos espiritus.
Llevad al cuello un escapulario tocado en la reliquia de San
Pacomio,[5] abogado contra las tentaciones, y marchad, marchad a
ocupar la tribuna del organo; la Misa va a comenzar y ya esperan con
impaciencia los fieles.... Vuestro padre esta en el cielo, y desde
alli, antes que a daros sustos, bajara a inspirar a su hija en esta
ceremonia solemne para el objeto de tan especial devocion.

[Footnote 1: el enemigo malo. That is to say, the devil.]

[Footnote 2: Pater Noster. See p. 33, note 1.]

[Footnote 3: Ave Maria. "A form of devotion used in the Church of
Rome, comprising the salutation addressed by the angel Gabriel to
the Blessed Virgin Mary. (Luke i. 28.) The words Ave Maria are the
first two, in Latin, of the form as it appears in the manuals of the
Roman Church, thus: ' Hail Mary (Ave Maria), full of grace, the Lord
is with thee, etc.' To which is appended the following petition:
'Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and in the hour
of our death. Amen.'... It was not used before the Hours, until the
sixteenth century, in Romish offices." Hook's _Church Dict._,
London, 1887, p. 72. Some say earlier.]

[Footnote 4: San Miguel = 'St. Michael.' "An archangel mentioned in
the Bible. He is regarded as the leader of the whole host of
angels... He is spoken of five times in the Bible, always [or to be
more exact _usually_ as fighting] John mentions him as fighting at
the head of the angels against the dragon and his host." _Century
Dict._]

[Footnote 5: San Pacomio = 'St. Pachomius.' "Born probably in Lower
Egypt, about 292: died about 349. One of the founders of
monasticism. He established a monastery on the island of Tabenna in
the Nile, and was the first thus to collect the monks under one roof
and establish strict rules of government for the community."
_Century Diet_.]

La priora fue a ocupar su sillon en el coro en medio de la comunidad.
La hija de maese Perez abrio con mano temblorosa la puerta de la
tribuna para sentarse en el banquillo del organo, y comenzo la Misa.

Comenzo la Misa, y prosiguio sin que ocurriese nada de notable hasta
que llego la consagracion.[1] En aquel momento sono el organo, y al
mismo tiempo que el organo un grito de la hija de maese Perez....

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