RESTORATION STORIES

"Everything was changed. Even the air.

Instead of the harsh dry winds that used to attack me, a gentle breeze was blowing, laden with scents. A sound like water came from the mountains: it was the wind in the forest.

Most amazing of all, I heard the actual sound of water falling into a pool. I saw that a fountain had been built, that it flowed freely and–what touched me most-

that someone had planted a linden beside it, a linden that must have been four years old, already in full leaf,

the incontestable symbol of resurrection."