20 EASY-CHAIR MEMORIES 



Father Ignatius in 1904. I am indebted to the 

 courtesy of Mrs. Leycester-Lyne for the use of the 

 beautiful photograph which I have given here- 

 with, and which has not been published before. 

 The story of the appearances of " Our Lady 

 of Llanthony" is told at considerable length 

 in the Baroness de Bertouch's Life, which was 

 produced under the Father's personal super- 

 vision. From this work I gather that the 

 first appearance was on the evening of 3oth 

 August 1880. Four boys were playing in the 

 abbot's meadow between vespers and com- 

 pline ; it was just eight o'clock and still light. 

 John Stewart, a boy of twelve and a half, 

 suddenly saw a bright, dazzling figure gliding 

 across the meadow towards him; a halo of 

 glory shone out from the figure all around in 

 an oval form. The form was of a woman, 

 a veil hung over her head and face, the hands 

 raised as if in blessing ; it approached very 

 slowly. The appearance was like the pictures 

 of the " Immaculate Conception." Three other 

 boys saw the same. They saw the beautiful 

 form enter the hedge, and after remaining 

 there in the light for a few moments it passed 

 through the bush and vanished. The boys 



