What should he do?
In what way could he force Heaven to come to his assistance?
He went away, hastened to the Bishop's palace, the doors of which he again forced open, and before his incoherent words his father was for a moment frightened.

At last he understood.

Angelique was dying! She awaited the Extreme Unction, and now God alone could save her.

The young man had only come to cry out all his agony, to break all relations with this cruel, unnatural father, and to accuse him to his face of willingly allowing this death.

But Monseigneur listened to him without anger: upright and very serious, his eyes suddenly brightened with a strange clearness, as if an inner voice had spoken to him.
Motioning to his son to lead the way, he followed him, simply saying at last: "If God wishes it, I also wish it." Felicien trembled so that he could scarcely move.