Lourdes: bayan haji, fara tafiya

Esther BRACHMANN. "Fitar dani daga gidan gawarwakin!" An haife shi a Paris, a cikin 1881 (Faransa). Cuta: Tuberculous peritonitis. An warkar da shi a Lourdes a ranar 21 ga Agusta 1896, yana ɗan shekara 15. An gane Mu'ujiza a ranar 6 ga Yuni 1908 ta Archbishop Léon Amette na Paris. Esther ta daina yin rayuwar samartaka. A 15, yana da ra'ayi cewa asibitin Villepinte shine ainihin gidan kwana. Wannan ra'ayi bai yi nisa da sha biyun sahabbai ba, suma masu tarin fuka, wadanda kamar ita suke yin wannan hajjin na karshe dama. Muna cikin watan Agusta 1896. A ranar 21 ga Agusta da safe, ma'aikatan asibiti na Notre Dame de Salut, amintattun bayin marasa lafiya na Alhazai na ƙasa, sun ɗauke ta daga jirgin ƙasa kuma suka ɗauke ta zuwa Grotto kuma, daga can, zuwa wuraren iyo. Ta fito da tabbacin samun waraka. Zafin ya daina ... kumburin cikinta ya bace. Yana iya tafiya… yana jin yunwa. Amma wata tambaya ta ja mata: "Me yasa ni?". Da la'asar yana bin ayyukan hajji kamar mai lafiya. Bayan kwana biyu, an raka ta zuwa Ofishin Binciken Likitoci inda likitocin, bayan binciken da suka yi a tsanake, suka tabbatar da cewa ta warke. Komawa cikin Villepinte, likitocin da ke jinyar sun cika da mamaki, sun cika da mamaki. Sun ci gaba da lura da Esther na tsawon shekara guda! Sai kawai a 1897, dawowa daga aikin hajji na godiya, sun deign don zana takardar shaidar da aka gane ta a matsayin "warke daga dawowar ta daga Lourdes a 1896". A cikin 1908 jarumawan da ba na son rai ba na "labari" na Zola!