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Exit Julien

           

           Mathildefollowedherlovertothetombwhichhehadchosen.Agreatnumberofpriestsconvoyedthebier,and,aloneinherdrapedcarriage,withoutanyoneknowingit,shecarriedonherkneestheheadofthemanwhomshehadlovedsomuch.

           WhentheyarrivedinthiswayatthemostelevatedpeakofthehighmountainsoftheJura,twentypriestscelebratedtheserviceofthedeadinthemiddleofthenightinthislittlegrotto,whichwasmagnificentlyilluminatedbyacountlessnumberofwaxcandles.Attractedbythisstrangeandsingularceremony,alltheinhabitantsofthelittlemountainvillageswhichthefuneralhadpassedthrough,followedit.

           Mathildeappearedintheirmidstinlongmourninggarments,andhadseveralthousandsoffive-francpiecesthrowntothemattheendoftheservice.

           WhenshewasleftalonewithFouqué,sheinsistedonburyingherlover’sheadwithherownhands.Fouquénearlywentmadwithgrief.

           MathildetookcarethatthiswildgrottoshouldbedecoratedwithmarblemonumentsthathadbeensculptedinItalyatgreatexpense.

           MadamedeRênalkeptherpromise.Shedidnottrytomakeanyattemptuponherlife;butshediedembracingherchildren,threedaysafterJulien.

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