Hand in hand, the bereaved ones went to kiss the lips that would speak to them no more in this world.

They knelt long beside the bed, and poured forth their breaking hearts in prayer.

They rose up soothed and strengthened, with the feeling that their dear father and mother were still near them.

They found a sad consolation in weaving garlands and flowery crosses, which they laid on the coffin with tender reverence.
When the day of the funeral came, Madame Guirlande kept them very near her, holding a hand of each.

She had provided them with long veils, which she requested them not to remove; for she remembered how anxiously their father had screened their beauty from the public gaze.
A number of merchants, who had known and respected Mr.Royal, followed his remains to the grave.