Gently, she’d said, “My dear people, let me bring you water.” The result was a breathtaking chaos. How they’d been so certain of her identity, she couldn’t know; it wasn’t a question she might ask without injuring her credibility. But at her words, they’d seemed to glean the necessary proof and grew hysterical once more, some sobbing uncontrollably, others fainting into the arms of strangers and loved ones.
