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CHAPTER III
MOTHER INNOCENTE
About a quarter of an hour elapsed. The prioress re-
turned and seated herself once more on her chair.
The two interlocutors seemed preoccupied. We will
present a stenographic report of the dialogue which then
ensued, to the best of our ability.
‘Father Fauvent!’
‘Reverend Mother!’
‘Do you know the chapel?’
‘I have a little cage there, where I hear the mass and the
offices.’
‘And you have been in the choir in pursuance of your
duties?’
‘Two or three times.’
‘There is a stone to be raised.’
‘Heavy?’
‘The slab of the pavement which is at the side of the al-
ta r.’
‘The slab which closes the vault?’
‘ Ye s .’
‘It would be a good thing to have two men for it.’