Summary

As a mature woman, Elaine visits churches, supposedly to see the art. She pays particular attention to statues of the Virgin Mary in Catholic churches. She is disappointed in most of them until she visits a church when she is on a trip to Mexico with her second husband Ben. She sees a statue of the Virgin Mary that looks more like the vision that had saved her. This one has items pinned to her skirt, and she is called the Virgin of lost things. This statue seems more real to Elaine than the others, and Elaine thinks she could light a candle and pray to her, but she does not know what to pray for. When Ben finds her, she is on the floor of the church, cramped and stiff as if she has been there for a long time. She does not remember...