Page 410 - Revelation

Svetlana de Rohan-Levashova. Revelation

Young exhausted Esclarmonde again appeared before my eyes... the inconsolable
mother who lost her first and only child...

Nobody could clearly explain to her why they had to go through this... why they,
kind and innocent, had to die...
Suddenly a thin breathless boy ran into the hall. He obviously came straight from
the street because I could clearly see his breath.

All that remains of the former Lavour fortress these days is just a tower and
an old bell, still mournfully ringing the dead ...
– Madam, Madam! They are safe!!! Good Esclarmonde, there is a fire on the
mountain!
Esclarmonde jumped out of bed, trying to run, but her body appeared weaker than
the poor thing had thought... She fell straight into her father’s arms. Raymond de
Pereille caught his feather- light daughter and ran outdoors... And there, on the top of
Montsegur, all inhabitants of the castle gathered. Their eyes looked only in one
direction – at the enormous fire which burned on the snow top of the mountain Bidorta!
That meant that the four runaways got to the point they had planned!!! Her brave
husband and newly born son were safe from the savage claws of the Inquisition and
could happily continue their lives.

Now everything was all right. Now everything was well. She knew that she would
go to the stake calmly, because her most beloved people lived. She was immensely
satisfied that fate had mercy on her, allowing her to know that and die in peace.
At dawn all the Perfect ones and the Cathars gathered in the Temple of the Sun in
order to enjoy his warmth for the last time before departing to eternity. People were
exhausted, frozen and hungry, but they all smiled... The most important thing was done
– the descendant of Golden Maria and Radomir lived and there was hope that one fine
day some of his distant great-grandchildren will reshape this monstrously unfair world
and nobody will have to suffer anymore. The first sunray appeared in the narrow
window! It merged with the second one, than the third... and finally a golden column
began to shine in the centre of the tower. It gradually broadened, embracing everybody
standing in it until the golden luminescence seized the whole space.

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