The very last ritual and the ending of the book of Purgatory is the crossing of the river Eunoë, to restore and strengthen all memories of the good in life.
The Pilgrim is surrounded by the seven maids who represent the four cardinal Virtues of Fortitude, Prudence, Temperance and being Just – and the three theological Virtues of Faith, Hope and Love.
And at this point on the last page, Dante the Writer suddenly interrupts his own storytelling by noting that he has now run out of space to tell anything more about the river of Eunoë, and that he has completed every page that he had planned for the second canticle of his Poem. And then the Pilgrim returns from these “holiest of waters”, reborn, in bloom, and ready for the stars.