Christ calls not these from the earthly paradise; but the
afflicted, the disappointed, the despairing, they who have fallen
helplessly down in the journey of life, and are of no further use in
this world, these he calls by their names and comforts them. But
for those rare souls who are too cold for aught but spiritual joys,
he reserves a peculiar though not his choicest benediction.
The Lady de Tilly pondered these thoughts over and over, in the
fulness of pity for her children. She would not leave the Convent
at the closing of the gates for the night, but remained the honored
guest of Mere Migeon, who ordered a chamber to be prepared for her
in a style that was luxurious compared with the scantily furnished
rooms allotted to the nuns.
Amelie prevailed, after much entreaty, upon Mere Esther, to
intercede with the Superior for permission to pass the night with
Heloise in the cell that had once been occupied by her pious
kinswoman, Mere Madelaine.
"It is a great thing to ask," replied Mere Esther as she returned
with her desired boon, "and a greater still to be obtained! But
Mere Migeon is in a benevolent mood tonight; for the sake of no one
else would she have granted a dispensation of the rules of the
house.
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