She continued in this state until her father died. He, on his death-bed, committed her to the care of an old and faithful friend, who, after King Rene's decease, took her with him to his own castle of Damprierre, which was situated about twenty-five miles farther up the river. [Sidenote: The closing scene.] But, though Margaret was treated very kindly by the friend to whom her father thus consigned her, she did not long survive this change. She died, and was buried in the cathedral at Angers, and for centuries afterward the ecclesiastics of the chapter, once every year, at the return of the proper anniversary, performed a solemn ceremony over her grave by walking round it with a slow and measured step, singing a hymn. THE END.