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A King at Verrieres

           Oncetherehedoffedwithasighhisfinesky-blueuniform,hissabreandhisepaulettes,toputonagainhisshabbylittleblacksuit.Hemountedhishorseagain,andinafewmomentswasatBray-le-Haut,whichwasonthesummitofaveryprettyhill."Enthusiasmisresponsibleforthesenumbersofpeasants,"thoughtJulien.ItwasimpossibletomoveastepatVerrières,andherethereweremorethantenthousandroundthisancientabbey.HalfruinedbythevandalismoftheRevolution,ithadbeenmagnificentlyrestoredsincetheRestoration,andpeoplewerealreadybeginningtotalkofmiracles.JulienrejoinedtheabbéChélan,whoscoldedhimroundlyandgavehimacassockandasurplice.HedressedquicklyandfollowedM.Chélan,whowasgoingtopayacallontheyoungbishopofAgde.HewasanephewofM.delaMole,whohadbeenrecentlynominated,andhadbeenchargedwiththedutyofshowingtherelictotheKing.Butthebishopwasnottobefound.

           Theclergybegantogetimpatient.ItwasawaitingitschiefinthesombreGothiccloisteroftheancientabbey.Twenty-fourcuréshadbeenbroughttogethersoastorepresenttheancientchapterofBray-le-Haut,whichbefore1789consistedoftwenty-fourcanons.Thecurés,havingdeploredthebishop’syouthforthree-quartersofanhour,thoughtitfittingfortheirseniortovisitMonseigneurtoapprisehimthattheKingwasonthepointofarriving,andthatitwastimetobetakehimselftothechoir.ThegreatageofM.Chélangavehimtheseniority.InspiteofthebadtemperwhichhewasmanifestingtoJulien,hesignedhimtofollow.

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