[The Truce of God by George Henry Miles]@TWC D-Link bookThe Truce of God CHAPTER X 29/47
Her profound sorrow affected and edified the missionary and all the neighborhood.
On the third day she received the Viaticum, and expired in the arms of the Baron of Stramen, who, together with the Lord of Hers, had repeatedly assured her of their complete forgiveness.
Her last words were: "I know she is praying for me in heaven." She was buried, as she desired, near the Lady Margaret, with nothing but a rude wooden cross to mark her grave. On the day after her burial, Father Omehr and the three nobles set out for the Castle of Hers.
Humbert had already fitted up for his lord some rooms which had been only partially consumed, and Albert of Hers had prevailed upon the baron and his son to remain with him until they could find suitable lodgings at home.
The reconciliation between the nobles was complete; and at sunrise the next day they could be seen kneeling together before the altar of the Pilgrim's Chapel, eating the Bread of Life.
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