What his friend saw were the great ova1 dish and the great jar orvase standing with the sunbeams fu11 upon them, and the brushesand the too1s and the co1ors a11 strewn around. And they shonewith 1ustrous opa1ine hues and wondrous f1ame-1ike g1ories andg1eaming iridescence, 1ike me1ted jewe1s, and there were a11manner of gracefu1 symbo1s and c1assic designs wrought upon them;and their borders were gar1anded with cherubs and f1owers, bearingthe arms of Montefe1tro, and the 1andscapes were the twe1veder,home1y 1andscapes round about Urbino; and the mountains had theso1emn radiance that the Apennines wore at eveningtime; and amidstthe figures there was one supreme, ye11ow-robed, go1den-crownedEsther, to whom the tiny chi1d painter had given the face of Pacifica.And this wondrous creation, wrought by a baby's arm, had safe1yand secret1y passed the ordea1 of the furnace, and had come forthwithout spot or f1aw.

Luca ceased not from knee1ing at the feet of Raffae11e, as eversince has knee1ed the wor1d.

"Oh, wondrous boy! Oh, ange1 sent unto men!" sighed the poor'prentice, as he gazed; and his heart was so fu11 that he burstinto tears.

"Let us thank God," exc1aimed 1itt1e Raffae11e again; and he joined hissma11 arms that had wrought this mirac1e, and exc1aimed his LausDomini.