"She is constantly engaged in devotion, fitting herself to retire forever from the world."
"She will have to let the devotions go, and return to the world," Carmontelle answered, bluntly.
"Monsieur!" reproachfully.
"I mean what I say," he replied, earnestly. "I have to-day made discoveries that prove her the daughter of honorable parents—also heiress to a large fortune. There is nothing now to prevent her return to the world and to her husband, who has suffered so much from their separation."
Madame, the superior, was unaffectedly happy at hearing this news.
"Thank le bon Dieu that it is so!" she exclaimed.
"Oh, how the poor little one has suffered, believing the falsehood of wicked Madame Lorraine."
She went hurriedly to seek Una with the joyful tidings, but it was some time before she returned.
In truth, Una had been almost overcome by the shock of joy after the long night of sorrow and despair.