But at 8 o'clock or thereabouts, when Mary McLoughlin decided to go home, the older Bierne girl, Mary, decided to walk with her in the rain. So here we have two Marys, walking in the rain past the church again. When they passed the apparition, Mary McLoughlin casually mentioned that the pastor must have bought some new statues in Dublin. But the other Mary, more inquisitive, decided to take a closer look. She jumped back with a start. "They're not statues. They're moving. It's the Blessed Virgin!"The two women didn't know what to do. Mary Bierne ran home to tell her mother and brother.