In what direction might she herself now turn for even the humblest friendship?
And where was any home now for her?
The recreant maid saw something of this upon her face.
"Madame," she exclaimed, falling upon her knees in consternation.
"To think I would desert you! In my heart resides nothing but loyalty for you.

How could you doubt ?" But Josephine was wise in her own way.

That night Jeanne kissed her hand dutifully, yet the very next morning she had changed her mind.

With sobs, tears, she admitted that she had decided to leave service, no longer to be Jeanne, but Madame Hector Fournier.

Thus, at the very time when she most would have needed aid and attendance, Josephine saw herself about to be left alone.
"But, Madame," said Jeanne, still tearful, returning after brief absence from the room, "although I leave now for St.Genevieve to stand before the priest, I shall not see madame left without attendance.