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A King at Verrieres

           TheKingofdidnotwishtopassthroughVerrièreswithoutvisitingthefamousrelicofSt.Clement,whichiskeptatBray-le-Hautbarelyaleaguefromthetown.Theauthoritieswantedtohaveanumerousattendanceoftheclergy,butthismatterwasthemostdifficulttoarrange.M.Maslon,thenewcuré,wantedtoavoidatanypricethepresenceofM.Chélan.ItwasinvainthatM.deRênaltriedtorepresenttohimthatitwouldbeimprudenttodoso.M.theMarquisdeLaMolewhoseancestorshadbeengovernorsoftheprovinceforsomanygenerations,hadbeenchosentoaccompanytheKingof.HehadknowntheabbéChélanforthirtyyears.HewouldcertainlyasknewsofhimwhenhearrivedatVerrières,andifhefoundhimdisgracedhewastheverymantogoandroutehimoutinthelittlehousetowhichhehadretired,accompaniedbyalltheescortthathehadathisdisposition.Whatarebuffthatwouldbe?

           "IshallbedisgracedbothhereandatBesançon,"answeredtheabbéMaslon,"ifheappearsamongmyclergy.AJansenist,bytheLord."

           "Whateveryoucansay,mydearabbé,"repliedM.deRênal,"I’llneverexposetheadministrationofVerrièrestoreceivingsuchanaffrontfromM.delaMole.Youdonotknowhim.HeisorthodoxenoughatCourt,buthereintheprovinces,heisasatiricalwitandcynic,whoseonlyobjectistomakepeopleuncomfortable.HeiscapableofcoveringuswithridiculeintheeyesoftheLiberals,simplyinordertoamusehimself."

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