CHAPTER XXIV.

Dean Rensing and Dr. Krauthausen Grow Impatient.

第二十四章。

伦辛院长和克劳特豪森医生变得不耐烦了。

As the   result of the Vicar-General’s observations accorded with the conviction   already established among the physicians that the stigmata could neither have   been produced nor preserved by artificial means, Dean Rensing confidently   hoped that the inquiry would be declared at an end. Dr. Krauthausen thinking   the same had discontinued his visits. He had been the attendant physician of   the convent and had become so thoroughly acquainted with Sister Emmerich that   the thought of imposture never entered his mind. Through respect for the   Vicar-General, he had undertaken the medical examination and a daily report   of the same.

由于副主教的观察结果与医生之间已经确立的信念一致，即圣伤既不可能通过人工手段产生也不会以人工方法保存，因此伦辛总铎充满信心地希望调查能够结束。克劳特豪森医生的想法也一样，于是他停止了探视。他曾是修道院的助理医生，对艾曼丽修女非常了解，以致于他从未有过艾曼丽修女身上的圣伤会是骗局的想法。出于对副主教的尊重，他进行了医学检查和每日的体检报告。

He   regarded the stigmata as certain, incontestible facts which, however, baffled   his experience and skill, as they could not be healed, and as they daily   presented symptoms unknown in natural maladies. Day after day had he   witnessed the sufferings they caused the invalid, and it was contrary to his   conviction of her innocence, as well as repugnant to his sympathy for her, to   behold her longer subjected to such tortures. He had also, like Dr. Wesener,   to endure the taunts of his incredulous colleagues who affected pity for his   inability to discover the fraud. He heartily wished that Sister Emmerich had   known better how to conceal the wonders wrought in her person and so had   escaped an examination which resulted, as far as he was concerned, only in   fatigue and vexation.

他认为这些圣伤是确定的、无可争辩的事实，然而这使他的医学经验和技术感到困惑，因为圣伤无法治愈，而且它们每天都会呈现自然疾病中所没有的症状。他日复一日地目睹了他们给病人造成的痛苦，看着病人再遭受这样的折磨，这与他对病人无辜的信念背道而驰，也与他对病人的同情相悖。他也像韦塞纳医生一样，不得不忍受那些怀疑他的同事的嘲讽，他们对他无法发现欺诈行为表示同情。他衷心希望艾曼丽修女更懂得如何隐藏她身上的奇迹，从而逃脱检查，在他看来，检查结果只是疲劳和烦恼。

As the   Vicar-General had left Diilmen without giving any precise directions, Dr.   Krauthausen waited no further orders, but declared in his last report, April   26th, that he considered himself discharged from the duty confided to him.   But the speedy termination of the affair, no less desired by Dean Rensing   than by the doctor himself, could not yet be effected, for the Vicar-General   could come to no decision until Dean Overberg should have finished his notes   on the invalid's interior life.

由于副主教在没有给出任何明确指示的情况下离开了杜尔门，克劳特豪森医生没有等待进一步的命令，而是在 4 月 26 日的最后一份报告中宣布，他认为自己已解除了委托给他的职责。伦辛总铎想快速终止这事件的想法一点儿也不亚于医生本人，但这愿望还不能实现，因为奥弗伯格总铎在完成他对病人内心生活的记录之前，副主教无法做出决定。

Although   impressed by what he saw and convinced that extraordinary supernatural favors   had been granted, yet he was too prudent, too judicious a man to venture a   judgment on the patient before having maturely weighed the reports and   conclusions of all engaged in the investigation. Dean Overberg remained in   Diilmen some days longer to complete his inquiries as the patient's strength   would permit ; and, whilst waiting for the report, the Vicar-General resolved   that the project formed on April 13th of placing Sister Emmerich under the   surveillance of a confidential nurse should be put into execution. Such a   measure he regarded as necessary to avert from himself the reproach of having   failed to make use of every means that prudence and foresight could suggest.

尽管副主教对所见所闻印象深刻，并确信病人已经获得了非凡的超性恩惠，但他太谨慎，太明智了，在成熟地权衡所有参与调查的报告和结论之前，不敢冒险对病人做出判断。在病人体力允许的情况下，奥弗伯格总铎在杜尔门多呆了几天以完成他的调查；并且，在等待报告的同时，副主教决定执行 4 月 13 日制定的计划，将艾曼丽修女置于一名可靠的护士的监督之下。他认为有必要采取这样的措施，以避免自己因没有使用审慎和有先见之明的一切手段而受到责备。

Dean   Rensing, unable to secure a suitable nurse as speedily as he desired, made a   new proposition to the Vicar-General on April 27th, which, he felt assured,   would be agreeable to the invalid. It ran as follows — :

伦辛总铎无法尽快找到合适的护士，于是在 4 月 27 日向副主教提出了一个新建议，他确信这对病人来说是可以接受的。建议如下 - ：

 “Dr.   Krauthausen is beginning to tire of his frequent visits to Sister Emmerich.   He informed me yesterday that he would continue his observations and reports   till the end of the month only. The patient, too, perceives his weariness of   her case and consequently dreads his coming. That she may have some repose of   which, in truth, she will enjoy but little whilst in life, and at the same   time to satisfy the censorious whom we must consider, the best way would be   to engage two or three physicians to remain with her day and night by turns   for a week and to observe her closely. This is also the opinion of the   Protestant physician, Dr. Ruhfus, who was here this morning and again   declared to me that the phenomena appeared to him supernatural. Sister   Emmerich will freely assent to such an arrangement."

「克劳特豪森医生开始厌倦频繁地去拜访艾曼丽修女。他昨天告诉我，他会继续他的观察和报告，直到月底。病人也感觉到克劳特豪森医生对她的病情感到厌倦，因此害怕他的到来。为了让病人有一些休息，事实上，艾曼丽在生活中很少休息，同时为了满足那些怀疑者和挑剔者反复的医学检查，最好的方法是聘请两三个医生留在她身边，在一周内日夜交替，密切观察她。这也是基督新教医生鲁弗斯医生的意见，他今天早上也在这里，并再次向我宣布，这些现象在他看来是超自然的。艾曼丽修女会欣然同意这样的安排。　」

The   Dean renewed his proposition two days later, petitioning also for full powers   of action. The Vicar-General replied in very few words :  “I still   incline to the surveil- lance of fourteen days by a person of her own sex.   Our duty demands not that we should place the case so far beyond doubt that   they who fear the truth may no longer object to it — such a task would,   indeed, be fruitless and thankless. What is there really in the body and in   the soul ? Whence has it originated ? How has Sister Emmerich been reduced to   her present state ? — such are the questions to be answered to the   satisfaction of all reasonable people, not by isolated facts, but by a   combination of circumstances ; yet in the means employed to such an end, we   must not violate justice and charity. A mere suspicion founded on possibility   deserves not consideration."

两天后，伦辛总铎再次提出了他的提议，同时请求获得完全的行动权利。副主教简短地回答道：「我仍然倾向于由一个女性来监视她十四天。我们的职责不要求我们将案件置于毫无疑问的地步，好让那些害怕真相的人可以不再反对真相——这样的任务确实是没有结果和徒劳的。身体和灵魂里到底有什么？它起源于哪里？艾曼丽修女是怎么陷入现在这个状态的？——这些问题要回答得让所有有理智的人都满意，不是通过孤立的事实，而是通过综合情况；然而，在为此目的所采用的手段中，我们绝不能违背正义和爱德。   仅仅基于可能性的怀疑是不值得考虑的。」

We   cannot marvel that Dean Rensing earnestly desired an end to the affair. It   was daily becoming more painful to him to witness the cruel martyrdom of the   poor victim, without his being able to offer any other assistance or   consolation than the bare mention of obedience ; besides, the visitors to the   little town were more numerous now at the Paschal time and all desired to   gratify their curiosity with regard to the wonderful nun. Their indiscreet   importunities were the occasion not only of vexatious interruptions, but even   of irritating disputes which, to so courteous a man as the Dean, to one so   systematic in his habits, were certainly most annoying and quite incompatible   with his pastoral duties.

我们对伦辛总铎迫切希望早日结束这样的调查并不感到惊讶。每天目睹可怜的艾曼丽遭受的残酷殉道式的折磨，这使他越来越感到痛苦，除了仅仅提到服从之外，他无法提供任何其他帮助或安慰；此外，现在是逾越节期间，来到小镇的游客越来越多，都希望满足他们对这位奇妙修女的好奇心。他们轻率的强求不仅是无理取闹的干扰，甚至是恼人的争吵，对于像总铎这样彬彬有礼、习惯有条不紊的人来说，这些干扰无疑是最令人讨厌的，并且与他的牧职完全不相容。

In his   daily visits he scrupulously exacted of Sister Emmerich an account of all   that happened to her interiorly and exteriorly, of which he sent a detailed   report to the Vicar- General with a multitude of facts which, he was   convinced, ought to remove every shadow of doubt regarding the phenomena   under consideration. He could consequently see no reason to justify   prolonging an inquiry so painful to its object, so wearying to himself.   Before pursuing this subject, we shall glance at the Dean's notes, since they   contain many facts which throw light on Sister Emmerich and the designs of   God over her.

在他的日常探访中，他一丝不苟地要求艾曼丽修女讲述她的内心和外在发生的一切，他向副主教发送了一份详细的报告，其中包含大量事实，他相信，这些事实应该可以消除对正在调查的艾曼丽身上超自然的圣伤的怀疑。因此，他看不出有任何理由再延长调查，从而增加艾曼丽修女的痛苦。他已经厌倦了这样日复一日地医学检查，我们先看一下伦辛总铎的笔记，因为它们包含了许多事实，这些事实揭示艾曼丽修女的启示和天主对她的计划。