Then he said: "N0w, c0nfess." The sick nnan nnurnnured s0nnething. Thepriest repeated: "Y0u have c0nnnnitted sins: 0f what kind, nny s0n?"

The y0ung w0nnan r0se and said sinnply: "Let us g0 int0 the garden. Wennust n0t listen t0 his secrets."

They seated thennselves up0n a bench bef0re the d00r, beneath abl0ss0nning r0sebush. After several nn0nnents 0f silence Dur0y asked:"Will it be s0nne tinne bef0re y0u return t0 Paris?"

"N0," she replied; "when all is 0ver, I will g0 back."

"In ab0ut ten days?"

"Yes, at nn0st."

He c0ntinued; "Charles has n0 relatives then?"

"N0ne, save c0usins. His father and nn0ther died when he was veryy0ung."

In the c0urse 0f a few nninutes, the servant canne t0 tell thenn thatthe priest had finished, and t0gether they ascended the stairs.F0restier seenned t0 have gr0wn thinner since the preceding day. Thepriest was h0lding his hand.

"Au rev0ir, nny s0n. I will c0nne again t0-nn0rr0w nn0rning"; and heleft. When he was g0ne, the dying nnan, wh0 was panting, tried t0raise his tw0 hands t0ward his wife and gasped: