Three o'clock
`` She is in the church , then ? '' cried I. `` Yes , monseigneur , but she will quit it in a quarter of an hour . '' I entered the church , and , by the faint light of a lamp , I saw her kneeling and praying fervently . Three o'clock struck ; two sisters , seated in the stalls , advanced and spoke to her ; she crossed herself , rose , and traversed the choir with a firm step , and yet as she passed the lamp she seemed to me deathly pale . I remain at the abbey until the ceremony be over . I think now it is useless to send this letter incomplete . I will forward it to-morrow , with all the details of this sad day .