Thenextdayaccordingly,attheappointedhour,thebailiffsummonedDanielRoger,VincentdeFaux,GaspardJoubert,andMatthieuFanson,allfourphysicians,tohispresence,andacquaintingthemwithhisreasonsforhavingcalledthem,askedthemtoaccompanyhimtotheconventtoexamine,withthemostscrupulousimpartiality,twonunswhomhewouldpointout,inordertodiscoveriftheirillnesswerefeigned,orarosefromnaturalorsupernaturalcauses。Havingthusinstructedthemastohiswishes,theyallsetoutfortheconvent。
Theywereshownintothechapelandplacedclosetothealtar,beingseparatedbyagratingfromthechoir,inwhichthenunswhosangusuallysat。Inafewmomentsthesuperiorwascarriedinonasmallbed,whichwaslaiddownbeforethegrating。Barrethensaidmass,duringwhichthesuperiorwentintoviolentconvulsions。Shethrewherarmsabout,herfingerswereclenched,hercheeksenormouslyinflated,andhereyesturnedupsothatonlythewhitescouldbeseen。
Themassfinished,Barreapproachedhertoadministertheholycommunionandtocommencetheexorcism。Holdingtheholywaferinhishand,hesaid——
\"AdoraDeumtuum,creatoremtuum\"AdoreGod,thyCreator。
Thesuperiorhesitated,asifshefoundgreatdifficultyinmakingthisactoflove,butatlengthshesaid——