The country parson ; and Albert Savarus ; The peasantry . cure was forced to sit down; his knees trembledunder him. The young secretary explained the nature ofJean-Francois frenzy. Do you think that the sight of his younger sister mightshake him? he added, as he came to an end. Yes, certainly, returned the cure.—Denise, you will gowith us. So shall I, said the mother. No! shouted the father. That boy is dead to us. Youknow that. Not one of us shall see him. Do not stand in the way of his salvation, said the youngAbbe. If you refuse us the means of softening him, youtake the responsibility of h
The country parson ; and Albert Savarus ; The peasantry . cure was forced to sit down; his knees trembledunder him. The young secretary explained the nature ofJean-Francois frenzy. Do you think that the sight of his younger sister mightshake him? he added, as he came to an end. Yes, certainly, returned the cure.—Denise, you will gowith us. So shall I, said the mother. No! shouted the father. That boy is dead to us. Youknow that. Not one of us shall see him. Do not stand in the way of his salvation, said the youngAbbe. If you refuse us the means of softening him, youtake the responsibility of his soul upon yourself. In his pres-ent state his death may reflect more discredit on his familythan his life. She shall go, said the father. She always interferedwhen I tried to correct my son, and this shall be her punish-ment. The Abbe Gabriel and M. Bonnet went back together tothe parsonage. It was arranged that Denise and her mothershould be there at the time when the two ecclesiastics shouldset out for Limoges. As they followed the footpath along. Ah, save his soul at least! THE COUNTRY PARSON 103 the outskirts of Upper Montegnac, the younger man hadan opportunity of looking more closely than heretofore in thechurch at this country parson, so highly praised by the vicar-general. He was favorably impressed almost at once by hiscompanions simple dignified manners, by the magic of hisvoice, and by the words he spoke, in keeping with the cure had been but once to the palace since the Bishophad taken Gabriel de Eastignac as his secretary, so that hehad scarcely seen the favorite destined to be a Bishop someday; he knew that the secretary had great influence, and yetin the dignified kindness of his manner there was a certainindependence, as of the cure whom the Church permits tobe in some sort a sovereign in his own parish. As for the young Abbe, his feelings were so far from ap-pearing in his face that they seemed to have hardened it intoseverity; his expression was
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