"Requiem æternam dona ei, Domine."
"Et lux perpetua luceat ei."
"Requiescat in pace."
"Amen."
"Anima ejus et animæ omnium fidelium defunctorum, per misericordiam Dei, requiescant in pace."
"Amen."
"De profundis...."
Each one of those present came forward to sprinkle holy water on the coffin. Nanteuil stood watching it all, the prayers, the spadefuls of earth, the sprinkling; then, kneeling apart on the corner of a tomb, she fervently recited "Our Father who art in heaven...."
Pradel spoke at the graveside. He refrained from making a speech. But the Théâtre de l'Odéon could not allow a young artist beloved of all to depart without a word of farewell.