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Manners and Customs in 1830

           ThefinishingtouchtothetroubleofthepoormayorofVerrièreswasthefactthatheknewthattheyjokedpubliclyinthetownabouthisloveforcash.Valenodwasasgenerousasathief,andonhissidehadacquittedhimselfbrilliantlyinthelastfiveorsixcollectionsfortheBrotherhoodofSt.Joseph,thecongregationoftheVirgin,thecongregationoftheHolySacrament,etc.,etc.

           M.deRênal’snamehadbeenseenmorethanonceatthebottomofthelistofgentlefolkofVerrières,andthesurroundingneighbourhoodwhowereadroitlyclassifiedinthelistofthecollectingbrethrenaccordingtotheamountoftheirofferings.Itwasinvainthathesaidthathewasnotmakingmoney.Theclergystandsnononsenseinsuchmatters.

           

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