"Lord Jesus Christ!" exclaimed the pilgrim woman, crossing herself.
" Oh, don't speak so, master! There was a general who did not believe, and said, 'The monks cheat,' and as soon as he'd said it he went blind.
And he dreamed that the Holy Virgin Mother of the Kiev catacombs came to him and said, 'Believe in me and I will make you whole.
' So he begged: 'Take me to her, take me to her.
' It's the real truth I'm telling you, I saw it myself.