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"""IS2 THE CURl OP ARS.changing his retreat.Meanwhile the inhabitants of Dardiilyhad set their hearts upon detaining him there, in thehope of one day obtaining him for their cure. M. Raymondaccordingly met with an exceedingly cool reception ;norwas it till the end of the second day that, after employingall the resources of his diplomacy, he could get speech ofthe holy cure and deliver the message of Mgr. Devie. TheHi shop positively forbade him to leave the diocese ofBelley ;but gave him the choice of two other positions,which he might occupy should he persevere in his desireto leave his present parish.M. Vianney promised to accompany M. Raymond tothe chapel of Beaumont, one of the places pointed out bythe Bishop. On theirway the two priests went into achurch to say their Office. When they rose from theirknees to go out, they saw, to their great amazement, thatthe church was as full as if the faithful had been summonedtogether by the sound of the bell. M. Raymond said tohis companion that he could not do less than address a fewwords to these good people. He began to speak, and thevoice which since his illness had been so feeble and brokenasto be scarcely audible in conversation, was heard distinctly and easily by the whole assembly.The travellers slept at a village not far from Beaumont ;and the next day they both said Mass in that ancientsanctuary of the Mother of God. They were devoutlymaking their thanksgiving together, when M. Vianney,leaning towards M. Raymond, whispered in his ear, in atone of great decision : Let us return toItArs."was doubtless," says M. Monnin, an inspiration fromour Lady of Beaumont;"and a favour which the gratefulpeople of Ars have never forgotten.M Raymond despatched a messenger to announce to