from time to time in the heavens, and of which none can say what
their purple signifies, whether it be a cataclysm or an apotheosis.
Well, it appears to me that we, you and I, are now face to face with
one of these moments!"
THE DUCHESS: "So I, too, believe."
THE ABBÉ: "We must take care, then, that it be an apotheosis. That
is why I want--Mon Dieu, madame! how shall I say it to you? Where
shall I go to find the chosen words, the words of pure gold, of
diamonds, the immaculate words that are worthy of us? All that you
are, all that you are worth, I know, and I alone know. You have