They both sank down beside the platform and remained in prayer for the proper interval, she very dignified in her grief and he even surpassing her, with the perfect sorrow-stricken bearing of a man who knew how to conduct himself in every circumstance of life, even the gravest.

And afterwards they rose together, and slowly betook themselves to the entrance of the private apartments where the Cardinal and Donna Serafina were receiving their relatives and friends.
Five ladies then came in one after the other, while two Capuchins and the Spanish ambassador to the Holy See went off.

And Victorine, who for a few minutes had remained silent, suddenly resumed.

"Ah! there's the little Princess, she's much afflicted too, and, no wonder, she was so fond of our Benedetta." Pierre himself had just noticed Celia coming in.

She also had attired herself in full mourning for this abominable visit of farewell.