The opinions of Jérôme Coignard . nard there being another thief along with him, he was,at first, taken for the chaplain, and that by theexecutioner, whom the police-officer had the greatestdifficulty in undeceiving. Wasnt that amusing ? No, Monsieur, replied my good master, lettingthe fish, he had held to his lips for some moments,fall on his plate. No, it islnot amusing, and thethought that that nice-looking girl is at this momentyielding up her soul spoils the taste of my gudgeonsfor me, and the joy of seeing the sky above, whichsmiled on me but a moment back. Ah, Monsieur lAbb6, said the
The opinions of Jérôme Coignard . nard there being another thief along with him, he was,at first, taken for the chaplain, and that by theexecutioner, whom the police-officer had the greatestdifficulty in undeceiving. Wasnt that amusing ? No, Monsieur, replied my good master, lettingthe fish, he had held to his lips for some moments,fall on his plate. No, it islnot amusing, and thethought that that nice-looking girl is at this momentyielding up her soul spoils the taste of my gudgeonsfor me, and the joy of seeing the sky above, whichsmiled on me but a moment back. Ah, Monsieur lAbb6, said the little official, ifyou are so sensitive as all that, you could never havewitnessed without fainting what my father saw withhis own eyes, when yet a child, at Dijon, his nativetown. Have you ever heard speak of H61eneGillet ? Never, said ray master. In that case I will tell you her story, as my father,many a time, told it to me. He drank off his wine, wiped his lips with acorner of the cloth, and recounted the history Ihere XIX THE BEADLES STORY iN the year 1624, in the month ofOctober, H^lfene Gillet, aged twenty-two, daughter of the governor-royalof Bourg-en-Bresse, who was stillunder the paternal roof, along withher brothers yet of tender years, showed such visiblesigns of being with child that it was the talk of thetown, and the young girls of Bourg ceased to asso-ciate with her. It was noticed next that her figurewent down, and such comments were made that theLieutenant- Criminel ordered her to be examined by ajury of matrons. These latter reported that she hadbeen with child and that her confinement had takenplace at least fifteen days before. On their report,Hel^ne Gillet was put in prison and was questionedby the Court of First Instance. She there made aconfession: Some months ago, she told them, a young187 i88 THE OPINIONS OF man from the neighbourhood, who was staying at myuncles house, came to my fathers to teach the boysfo read and write. He possessed me
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