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- Custance does some more praying about her belief that Christ died for humanity's sins. And since the Virgin Mary saw Christ die, Custance rationalizes that Mary's pain must have been a whole heckuva lot worse than anything she or anybody else can suffer.
- Still, she's hoping that the Virgin Mary will have mercy on her child—and on everyone else who might be in distress.
- She pleads with the Constable to let her kid stay with him.
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- Custance gazes back at the land, and says, "Farewell merciless husband!" We'll say.
- She stands up, and walks down the shoreline toward the ship, with the crowd following behind her, comforting her child.
- Blessing herself, she hops on board the ship, which has a ton of provisions and necessities. Hey, so at least she won't go hungry for a while.
- Off she goes.