The nuns took leave of her forever.

As soon as she was alone, two gendarmes commenced to tie her with the back supported against the post.
"They say," her defender continued writing, "that one of her hands waved to me for the last time just before it was fastened down by the rope....

I saw nothing.

I could not see!...

It was too much for me!..." The rest of the execution he knew only by hearsay.