It will kill
Pierre!"
"Alas! I have killed him already!" said she; "but my mind is made
up! Dear Hortense, I love Pierre, but oh, I could never look at his
face again without shame that would burn like guilt. I give myself
henceforth to Christ, not for my own sake, but for his, and for my
unhappy brother's! Do not hinder me, dear friends, and do not
follow me! May you all be happy in your happiness, and pray for
poor Amelie, whom fate has stricken so hard and so cruelly in the
very moment of her brightest hopes! And now let me go--alone--and
God bless you all! Bid my aunt to come and see me," added she; "I
cannot even wait her return."
The girls stood weeping around her, and kissed and embraced her over
and over. They would not disobey her request to be allowed to go
alone to the Convent, but as she turned to depart, she was clasped
around the neck by Heloise de Lotbiniere, exclaiming that she should
not go alone, that the light of the world had gone out for her as
well as for Amelie, and she would go with her.
"But why, Heloise, would you go with me to the Convent?" asked
Amelie, sadly.
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