Chapter

 1 II  |          end of the walk, a stout priest who was moving in their
 2 II  |          you?” It was the village priest. The baroness seldom went
 3 II  |     forgotten the Abbé Picot, her priest, and blushed as she saw
 4 II  |          He was a typical country priest, talkative and kindly.~Presently
 5 II  |        invited him to dinner. The priest was well versed in the art
 6 II  |           of Lamares of Eure. The priest answered, “Yes, madame,
 7 II  |         mortgaging his farms. The priest added, “He is a very charming
 8 II  |          coffee the baron and the priest took a turn about the grounds
 9 III |         service waited to see the priest and invite him to luncheon
10 III |      lasted five minutes; and the priest, in an unctuous voice, murmured
11 III |        had spoken of a wedding, a priest was present, blessing them;
12 III |     meaning it for “yes.” And the priest, who was still sprinkling
13 III |         though it would fall. The priest, who was not praying now,
14 III |    baroness in the middle, with a priest at either side of her, one
15 IV  |          family chaplain, and the priest from Yport, the mayor and
16 VII |      anything.”~An hour later the priest came, looking fatter than
17 VII |    covered by her hands.~Then the priest said: “Come, my girl, listen
18 VII |        away, carry her away!” The priest, who had said nothing as
19 VII |      paler than his daughter, the priest resumed: “What can one do?
20 VII |         him a horsewhipping!”~The priest, who was slowly taking a
21 VII |           astonishment before the priest, who continued: “Why, yes,
22 VII |          much disturbed. What the priest said was true, and he had
23 VII |        told all. The sight of the priest riveted him to the spot.~“
24 VII |           to speak, afraid of the priest’s remarks, and of what his
25 VII |    knowing what to say or do. The priest came to the rescue.~“Come,
26 VII |           come, Jeanne.”~Then the priest took the hand of the young
27 VII |    overcome, dozed off, while the priest and little mother talked
28 VII |         talked in a low tone.~The priest explained and propounded
29 VIII|          evening after dinner the priest appeared. He seemed embarrassed
30 VIII|        secret.~He accompanied the priest when he took his leave,
31 IX  |         and put to bed,” said the priest.~Joseph Couillard, the farmer,
32 IX  |      haste for the doctor. As the priest was going to get the holy
33 IX  |         them to do something. The priest thought it best to pronounce
34 IX  |           chamber. Julien and the priest were talking in a low tone
35 IX  |          It was growing dark. The priest came over to Jeanne and
36 IX  |          the adjoining room.”~The priest and Julien consented, more
37 X   |        then?”~She was silent. The priest, bewildered, was gazing
38 X   | easy-going character of a country priest, and tapping Jeanne lightly
39 X   |    modesty and delicacy.~What the priest had foreseen finally came
40 X   |  introduce his successor, a young priest, very thin, very short,
41 X   |          of much use.” The little priest replied sharply: “We shall
42 X   |      differently,” said the young priest rudely; “it is useless to
43 X   |          weak in presence of this priest, who appeared to be about
44 X   |            Julien treated the new priest with great respect, saying
45 X   |          saying constantly: “That priest suits me, he does not back
46 X   |         The first time he saw the priest he conceived a great aversion
47 X   |         and violence of the young priest, of the kind of persecution
48 X   |           against this intolerant priest, the persecutor of life.~
49 X   |           were a malediction.~The priest knew who his enemy was,
50 X   |          the right to do so.”~The priest arose trembling: “That is
51 X   |     schoolmaster. When he saw the priest approaching, he moved away
52 X   |         him and speak to him.~The priest did not call again; but
53 X   |       each service thereafter the priest declared his indignation,
54 XI  |     Jeanne had entertained of the priest on the occasion of the terrible
55 XI  |       church was deserted and the priest came to be looked on as
56 XI  |           mother learned that the priest had sent him to wait till
57 XI  |           The marquise rose. “The priest is the standard bearer of
58 XI  |      Perhaps it was true what the priest said. And all her religious
59 XII |          as they were passing the priest, made the wheel of the wagon,
60 XII |        her fist at him, while the priest was wiping off the mud with