The sainted bishop being in ecstasy, heard the last words of the sovereign pontiff and repeated them at the time to those about him.

The courier who brought the announcement of the death did not arrive till thirty hours later." "Jesuit!" exclaimed old Minoret, laughing, "I did not ask you for proofs; I asked you if you believed in apparitions." "I think an apparition depends a good deal on who sees it," said the abbe, still fencing with his sceptic.
"My friend," said the doctor, seriously, "I am not setting a trap for you.

What do you really believe about it ?" "I believe that the power of God is infinite," replied the abbe.
"When I am dead, if I am reconciled to God, I will ask Him to let me appear to you," said the doctor, smiling.
"That's exactly the agreement Cardan made with his friend," answered the priest.
"Ursula," said Minoret, "if danger ever threatens you, call me, and I will come." "You have put into one sentence that beautiful elegy of 'Neere' by Andre Chenier," said the abbe.

"Poets are sublime because they clothe both facts and feelings with ever-living images." "Why do you speak of your death, dear godfather ?" said Ursula in a grieved tone.

"We Christians do not die; the grave is the cradle of our souls." "Well," said the doctor, smiling, "we must go out of the world, and when I am no longer here you will be astonished at your fortune." "When you are here no longer, my kind friend, my only consolation will be to consecrate my life to you." "To me, dead ?" "Yes.