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Lily had promised herself, her little leg, that -- number one -- she will never let it be cut off. And -- number two -- she will never let it be obliterated by a miracle. The idea of betraying so valiant a limb, which has carried and marched beyond the call of duty. To say, here is your reward: to cease to be -- to become, instead, a false twin for the good leg. Her bad leg is special because it is so strong. Lily has learned, however, that to others it is special because it is weak. No one, not even Our Lady, will get their holy waters on her little leg.

-- p.351, Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald