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Eginhard was now obliged to return to the 

 Court at Aix-la-Chapelle, where his duties kept 

 him through the winter ; and he is careful to point 

 out that the later miracles which he proceeds to 

 speak of are known to him only at second hand. 

 But, as he naturally observes, having seen such 

 wonderful events with his own eyes, why should 

 he doubt similar narrations when they are re- 

 ceived from trustworthy sources ? 



Wonderful stories these are indeed, but as they 

 are, for the most part, of the same general character 

 as those already recounted, they may be passed 

 over. There is, however, an account of a possessed 

 maiden which is worth attention. This is set forth 

 in a memoir, the principal contents of which are 

 the speeches of a demon who declared himself to 

 possess the singular appellation of " Wiggo," arid 

 revealed himself in the presence of many witnesses, 

 before the altar, close to the relics of the blessed 

 martyrs. It is noteworthy that the revelations 

 appear to have been made in the shape of replies 

 to the questions of the exorcising priest ; and there 

 is no means of judging how far the answers are, 

 really, only the questions to which the patient re- 

 plied yes or no. 



The possessed girl, about sixteen years of age, 

 was brought by her parents to the basilica of the 

 martyrs. 



When she approached the tomb containing the sacred bodies, 

 the priest, according to custom, read the formula of exorcism 



