The Lady Superior saw that all was over, and that Pierre's presence
was an uneasiness to the nuns, who glanced at him with eyes of pity
and womanly sympathy. She took him kindly by the hand, with a few
words of condolence, and intimated that, as he had been permitted to
see the end, he must now withdraw from those forbidden precincts and
leave his lost treasure to the care of the nuns who take charge of
the dead.
CHAPTER LIV.
"THE MILLS OF GOD GRIND SLOWLY."
Pierre was permitted to see the remains of his affianced bride
interred in the Convent chapel. Her modest funeral was impressive
from the number of sad, sympathizing faces which gathered around her
grave.
The quiet figure of a nun was seen morn and eve, for years and years
after, kneeling upon the stone slab that covered her grave, laying
upon it her daily offering of flowers, and if the name of Le Gardeur
mingled with her prayers, it was but a proof of the unalterable
affection of Heloise de Lotbiniere, known in religion as Mere St.
Croix.
The lamp of Repentigny shed its beams henceforth over the grave of
the last representative of that noble house, where it still shines
to commemorate their virtues, and perpetuate the memory of their
misfortunes; but God has long since compensated them for all.
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