"She is gone," was the answer.

From that moment the disorder gained ground; he thought himself a dead man, without the possibility of recovery.

The 5th and 6th passed without a word of confession, viaticum, or extreme unction.

The Duc de Fronsac threatened to throw the Cure of Versailles out of the window if he dared to mention them, but on the 7th, at three in the morning, the King imperatively called for the Abbe Maudous.

Confession lasted seventeen minutes.