I
pointed out the end of the inscription to my companion--"CVIVS ANIMÆ,
ATQVE ANIMABVS OMNIVM FIDELIVM DEFVNCTORVM, ATQVE NOSTRIS ANIMABVS QVVM
EX HAC LVCE TRANSIVERIMVS, PROPITIETVR DEVS." Though no Catholic, I
could not refuse to add a sincere Amen. Miss Sophia, who is not ignorant
of Latin, read the inscription after me. "Ex hac luce," she said, as
though speaking to herself, "out of this light; alas! alas! for some the