I never saw so clear a night.

It was very fine and very cold and one could see everything." Q."Are you at all superstitious ?" R."No, monsieur, I am a practising Catholic," Q."In what condition of mind were you ?" R."Very healthy and peaceful, I assure you.

Mlle.

Daae's curious action in going out at that hour had worried me at first; but, as soon as I saw her go to the churchyard, I thought that she meant to fulfil some pious duty on her father's grave and I considered this so natural that I recovered all my calmness.

I was only surprised that she had not heard me walking behind her, for my footsteps were quite audible on the hard snow.