The six sisters of the valleys : an historical romance - University Library

238 THE SIX SISTERS OE THE VALLEYS.
in our presence, and repeat forty Paters,
thirty Aves, and the Penitential Psalms
every day for six months."
" Archbishop," said the Marquis, " your
advice, true to your office, leans to the side
of charity. I will not oppose you. For
my own sake I ought not to proclaim what
would be considered a family scandal.
Echard," continued Pianesse, addressing
the prisoner, " you have had advantages
—
you have been educated by the late Mar-
chioness, who desired your salvation with
the greatest ardour. You have been to
Rome, and seen our Holy Father, the
source of all holiness, the vicar of Christ's
Church on earth. You have been*advanced
to an honourable office here, and yet you
have tampered with the accursed tiling."
" I cannot say that I have acted from
hostility to the Church. I did but follow
the instinct of humanity."
" Talk not of humanity, young man,"
interrupted De la Mena, " when souls are