Fourteenth point. Eesult of the mission in the chablais

Her answer on the fourteenth point was :

I declare that it is a well-known fact that, during the first year of our Blessed Founder's labours for the conversion of the Chablais, he was obliged to go to the fort of Allinges, situated on a lofty mountain about three miles distant from Thonon, on all Sundays and Holidays of obliga tion, and at other times when he could do so, to say Holy Mass and to preach, there being no other place nearer where the service could be held. Through the snow, in bad weather even, he went thither on foot, unless, indeed, the weather was so desperate that his people com pelled him to take a horse. Either he himself or the late Louis, Seigneur de Sales, or perhaps both, have told me that, on his way back, our Blessed Founder turned aside into other villages to preach, hear confessions, and do whatever was necessary for the welfare and advancement of souls. These journeys, however, were not accom plished without danger to our Blessed Founder. On one occasion he was met by a heretic with a drawn sword in his hand, but, although quite unarmed^himself, the holy man met the approach of the ruffian with such gentle composure that the latter slunk away without offering him any injury, God thus preserving the life of His faithful servant. This is true, &c.