It is best that you should see it, and remember where it is." On entering the church that day, Angelique found herself again under the doorway of Saint Agnes.

During the week there had been a partial thaw, then the cold weather had returned to so intense a degree that the snow which had half melted on the statues had congealed itself in large bunches or in icicles.

Now, the figures seemed dressed in transparent robes of ice, with lace trimmings like spun glass.

Dorothea was holding a torch, the liquid droppings of which fell upon her hands.

Cecilia wore a silver crown, in which glistened the most brilliant of pearls.
Agatha's nude chest was protected by a crystal armour.