`` It 's a miracle , '' said Sam Lawson in an awed voice . Dr. Blair shrugged his shoulders . `` There is no miracle about it , '' he said bluntly . `` It 's all perfectly natural . The disease in the hip has evidently been quite well for a long time ; Nature does sometimes work cures like that when she is let alone . The trouble was that the muscles were paralyzed by long disuse . That paralysis was overcome by the force of a strong and instinctive effort . Salome , get up and walk across the kitchen . '' Salome obeyed . She walked across the kitchen and back , slowly , stiffly , falteringly , now that the stimulus of frantic fear was spent ; but still she walked . The doctor nodded his satisfaction . `` Keep that up every day . Walk as much as you can without tiring yourself , and you 'll soon be as spry as ever . No more need of crutches for you , but there 's no miracle in the case . '' Judith Marsh turned to him . She had not spoken a word since her question concerning Salome 's crutch . Now she said passionately : `` It WAS a miracle . God has worked it to prove His existence for me , and I accept the proof . '' The old doctor shrugged his shoulders again . Being a wise man , he knew when to hold his tongue .
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