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from the hand of a person whom I grievously injured in doing my duty。
It was fifteen years before I was convinced of her innocence; and that
case is the only one; gentlemen; for which I feel any remorse as to
the exercise of my functions。 Listen to me! I have but a short time to
live; but I shall lose even that poor remnant of a life; still so
important to my children whom Madame de la Chanterie has saved; unless
she will also grant me her pardon。 Yes; I will stay there on my knees
on the pavement of Notre…Dame until she says to me that word。 I; who
cannot weep; whom the tortures of my child have dried like stubble; I
shall find tears within me to move her〃

The door of Madame de la Chanterie's room opened; the Abbe de Veze
glided in like a shadow and said to Monsieur Joseph:

〃That voice is torturing Madame。〃

〃Ah! she is there!〃 exclaimed the baron。

He fell on his knees and burst into tears; crying out in a heart…
rending voice: 〃In the name of Jesus dying on the cross; forgive;
forgive me; for my daughter has suffered a thousand deaths!〃

The old man fell forward on the floor so prone that the agitated
spectators thought him dead。 At that instant Madame de la Chanterie
appeared like a spectre at the door of her room; against the frame of
which she supported herself。

〃In the name of Louis XVI。 and Marie…Antoinette whom I see on their
scaffold; in the name of Madame Elisabeth; in the name of my daughter
and of yours; and for Jesus' sake; I forgive you。〃

Hearing those words the old man raised his head。 〃It is the vengeance
of angels!〃 he said。

Monsieur Joseph and Monsieur Nicolas raised him and led him to the
courtyard; Godefroid went to fetch a carriage; and when they put the
old man into it Monsieur Nicolas said to him gravely:

〃Do not return here; monsieur; the power of God is infinite; but human
nature has its limits。〃

On that day Godefroid was admitted to the order of the Brotherhood of
Consolation。










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