We walked on down the river as a service was being performed in Les Grotte (the Grotto); which is advertised as a quiet place to sit! I choose a place to sit on a wall in a splash of sunlight shaded by the trees behind me. I am overlooking the river and the other side where a group of women are holding a personal service. Coralie has walked further on. As I sit I get a vision of Mother Mary within the ‘V’ of compasses. I hear – ‘the shining light within’. A tear unbidden runs down my cheek and I am reminded of the tears that flowed of their own accord as I sat beneath the cupola (externally the gold crown and cross) – feeling the hopelessness of those who had previously sat there praying.