He is proud and would not accept assistance.
(Roxane is seen in the rear; she is in black, wearing the long veil of a widow. Guiche, grown older, but magnificently clad, accompanies her. They walk slowly, Mother Margaret rises.)
Come, it is time to get in.—Here is Madam Madeleine, with a visitor.
SISTER MARTHA (aside to Sister Claire).
It is the Marshall—Duke de Grammont.
SISTER CLAIRE.
Yes, I think it is.
SISTER MARTHA.
He has not come to see her for months!
SISTER CLAIRE.