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Chapter 6

           

           AfewdayslateratoneofthoseenchantingfeteswhichHélènegaveathercountryhouseontheStoneIsland,thecharmingMonsieurdeJobert,amannolongeryoung,withsnowwhitehairandbrilliantblackeyes,aJesuitàrobecourte*waspresentedtoher,andinthegardenbythelightoftheilluminationsandtothesoundofmusictalkedtoherforalongtimeoftheloveofGod,ofChrist,oftheSacredHeart,andoftheconsolationstheonetrueCatholicreligionaffordsinthisworldandthenext.Hélènewastouched,andmorethanoncetearsrosetohereyesandtothoseofMonsieurdeJobertandtheirvoicestrembled.Adance,forwhichherpartnercametoseekher,putanendtoherdiscoursewithherfuturedirecteurdeconscience,butthenexteveningMonsieurdeJobertcametoseeHélènewhenshewasalone,andafterthatoftencameagain.

           *LaymemberoftheSocietyofJesus.

           OnedayhetookthecountesstoaRomanCatholicchurch,whereshekneltdownbeforethealtartowhichshewasled.Theenchanting,middle-agedFrenchmanlaidhishandsonherheadand,assheherselfafterwarddescribedit,shefeltsomethinglikeafreshbreezewaftedintohersoul.Itwasexplainedtoherthatthiswaslagrâce.

           Afterthatalong-frockedabbéwasbroughttoher.Sheconfessedtohim,andheabsolvedherfromhersins.NextdayshereceivedaboxcontainingtheSacredHost,whichwasleftatherhouseforhertopartakeof.

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