His daughter started pointing at the casket and saying that something odd was happening inside while everyone else was already bidding the deceased farewell. Everyone was shocked and in awe as the coffin was opened.
The time had arrived for everyone to bid the departed a fond farewell.
Everything was going according to plan, and it was time to say goodbye. The deceased’s young daughter pointed at the coffin in an odd way as it was being brought to the burial, seemingly to indicate that something was amiss within.
Naturally, nobody listened at first, but when the child began to insistently point at the coffin and cry louder, her mother began to believe her and concluded that the daughter had actually sensed something.
To find out what was causing the child’s distress, she gave the order to open the casket. Everyone flinched in terror when the coffin was uncovered because of what they saw.
There was such a thick silence in the church when the coffin’s lid was gradually raised that only Lucy’s soft cries could be heard. Nobody dared to breathe as they froze.
Then they caught sight of him. It was barely moving, as though it had just woken up from a nap, but not dead.
The girl’s father, who had passed away, opened his eyes.
They were frantic, bewildered, and… begging. “Help,” he said in a barely audible whisper. The realm of the living and what they believed to be eternal rest seemed to separate with his words.
Premature burial rumors, the ones Madame Rose had mentioned, immediately sprung to mind among those in attendance. People’s hearts were beating frantically; some covered their faces with their hands, while others approached the coffin with timidity.
Little Lucy held her father’s hand tenderly and whispered, “Daddy, everything will be okay,” as though she knew better than anyone else. With a feeble smile, he finally managed to move more.
The girl’s revelation of an unexpected truth turned the burial into a miracle for everyone. People came to understand that even the weakest, quietest voices might occasionally reveal things that are hidden from the public.
The chapel was filled with a peculiar sensation of relief, even if no one could explain what had happened, because not everything that is lost is actually gone.
