96 TOURING QUEBEC AND THE MARITIMES

beloved Acadian heroine, who, expelled from her country, and separated from her sweetheart, found him after years of searching, only to surrender him to Death.

At one entrance to the Memorial Park, we saw Hebert’s remarkable bronze statue of Evangeline, which deserves more than passing mention. Begun by Philippe Hebert, R.C.A., finished by his son, Henri, the lifeless metal gives an impression of breathing beauty.

Entering the Memorial Hall, on the site of the old Acadian church, some of us registered, after admiring the exquisite copy of Murillo’s Madonna in Carrara marble. The Memorial Hall is a chapel,-——a beautiful replica of the old French church of St. Charles. It resembles as nearly as possible the eighteenth century architecture, that Evangeline would have known, and was erected by the descendants of the Acadians.

When we were reminded that it was time to board our train, we were awakened from a dream, as it were,—-a dream of the storied past. Needless to say, we came back to earth again with a jolt. It seemed hard to say “Au Revoir” to Grand Pré and hasten on to “The Island.”