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Cyprien acknowledged that what had happened was the fruit of
his wife’s prayers, and he experienced a radical conversion: «change
does not mean retracing one’s steps, rather to totally lose one’s
bearings» . And so it happened: he asked Daphrose to forgive him
5
and broke with the customs of his people, and was not ashamed to
show signs of affection towards his wife in public: «I lost too much
time, I have to make up for it!» .
6

5 Ibidem
6 Ivi, p. 16.