Ch.XXII, p.513, f.1
"An intense clamor arose from the crowd at this moment as the onlookers
saw the Bab freed from his bonds advancing towards them. Amazing to
believe, the bullets had not struck the condemned but, on the contrary, had
broken his bonds and he was delivered. It was a real miracle and God alone
knows what would have happened without the fidelity and calm of the
Christian regiment on this occurrence. The soldiers in order to quiet the
excitement of the crowd which, being extremely agitated, was ready to
believe the claims of a religion which thus demonstrated its truth, showed
the cords broken by the bullets, implying that no miracle had really taken
place. At the same time, they seized the Bab and tied him again to the
fatal post. This time the execution was effective. Muhammadan justice
and ecclesiastical law had asserted themselves. But the crowd, vividly
impressed by the spectacle they had witnessed, dispersed slowly, hardly
convinced that the Bab was a criminal. After all his crime was only a
crime for the legalists and the world is indulgent toward crimes which it
does not understand." (M.C. Huart's "La Religion du Bab," pp. 3-4.)
"An extraordinary thing happened, unique in the annals of the history of
humanity: the bullets cut the cords that held the Bab and he fell on his
feet without a scratch." (A. L. M. Nicolas' "Siyyid Ali-Muhammad dit le
Bab," p. 375.)
"By a strange coincidence, the bullet only touched the cords which bound
the Bab, they were broken and he felt himself free. Uproar and shouts
arose on all sides, no one understanding at first what it was all about."
(Ibid., p. 379.)