- We look in on an American doctor, who tells a nun that Archbishop Latour is in his final moments. The most they can do is give him small amounts of medicine to keep his heart going. But even these are losing their effect.
- All Latour does now is sleep. He's even stopped eating. All day and night, people flood into the great cathedral he had built and pray for him.
- At the end of the last day, Latour starts to murmur something in French, but Bernard can't figure out what it is.
- The truth is that Latour is no longer in the room with Bernard. He's off in his mind among the green fields and mountains of France. He's trying to give comfort to a young man—either himself or Father Vaillant—who is torn between staying in France and moving to New Mexico.
- When the cathedral bell strikes just after dark, all the Catholics in Santa Fe fall to their knees. The next morning, Archbishop Latour is laid on the altar of the church. It looks like death has kept its appointment and finally come for him.