The Song of Bernadette (1943)

William Eythe: Antoine Nicolau

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• Antoine Nicolau : [as Bernadette recovers in the Nicolau's home from having just been taken ill immediately after seeing 'the Lady' for the 2nd time]  What was the matter? What happened?

  Bernadette : The Lady was there a long time, and she spoke to me.

  Antoine Nicolau : She spoke to you? What did she say?

  Bernadette : She said, 'Will you render me the grace of coming here each day for 15 days?' And then she added, 'I cannot promise to make you happy in this world, only in the next.'

• Antoine Nicolau : What was the matter? What happened?

  Bernadette : The lady was there a long time, and she spoke to me.

  Antoine Nicolau : She spoke to you? What did she say?

  Bernadette : She said 'Will you render me the grace of coming here each day for fifteen days?' And then she added 'I cannot promise to make you happy in this world, only in the next.'

• Antoine Nicolau : [upon Bernadette having just left with her mother Louise and sister Marie]  What do you think of it old maman?

  Madame Nicolau : Things like that bode no good.

  Antoine Nicolau : Maman, as long as I live I'll never see anything more beautiful than the face of that girl as she lay there at Massabielle.

  [pauses a moment] 

  Antoine Nicolau : One ought not even touch a being like that.