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Suddenly she stopped, a few feet from her mother, who looked at her as the mother of Christ must have looked at her son upon the cross. She raised her hand, and pointing to the spot where the road to Montegnac branched from the highway, she said, smiling: --
"See that carriage with the post-horses; Monsieur Roubaud is returning to us. We shall now know how many hours I have to live."