But no decision had been come to on this point.
The celebrant blessed the open grave.

And the priest and the boy choristers murmured the responses: "Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine." _"Et lux perpetua luceat ei."_ _"Requiescat in pace."_ _"Amen."_ _"Anima ejus et animae omnium fidelium defunctorum, per misericordiam Dei, requiescant in pace."_ _"Amen."_ _"De profundis...."_ Each one of those present came forward to sprinkle holy water on the coffin.

Nanteuil stood watching it all, the prayers, the spadefuls of earth, the sprinkling; then, kneeling apart on the corner of a tomb, she fervently recited "Our Father who art in heaven...." Pradel spoke at the graveside.

He refrained from making a speech.

But the Theatre de l'Odeon could not allow a young artist beloved of all to depart without a word of farewell.
"I shall speak therefore, in the name of the great and true-hearted dramatic family, the words that are in every bosom." Grouped about the speaker in studied attitudes, the actors listened with profound knowledge.