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`` Well , Mere Pauline , what is it ? '' calmly inquired the abbess . `` Holy mother , I have come from Monsieur le Docteur to say that the messenger has come back from L'Ange , and brought an answer to the telegram . Monsieur le Duc d' Hereward will be here by the midday express from Paris , which reaches L'Ange at five o'clock this afternoon , '' answered Mere Pauline . `` Thanks for your news . Sit down and breathe after climbing all these stairs . And now tell me , how is the wounded man ? ''