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Aramis and His Thesis

           TheJesuitandthecuratequitestartedfromtheirchairs.

           "Thisisthepointofdeparture;itisasyllogism.Theworldisnotwantinginattractions.Iquittheworld;thenImakeasacrifice.Now,theScripturesayspositively,‘MakeasacrificeuntotheLord.’"

           "Thatistrue,"saidhisantagonists.

           "Andthen,"saidAramis,pinchinghiseartomakeitred,asherubbedhishandstomakethemwhite,"andthenImadeacertainRONDEAUuponitlastyear,whichIshowedtoMonsieurVoiture,andthatgreatmanpaidmeathousandcompliments."

           "ARONDEAU!"saidtheJesuit,disdainfully.

           "ARONDEAU!"saidthecurate,mechanically.

           "Repeatit!Repeatit!"criedd’Artagnan;"itwillmakealittlechange."

           "Notso,foritisreligious,"repliedAramis;"itistheologyinverse."

           "Thedevil!"saidd’Artagnan.

           "Hereitis,"saidAramis,withalittlelookofdiffidence,which,however,wasnotexemptfromashadeofhypocrisy:

           "Vousquipleurezunpassepleindecharmes,Etquitrainezdesjoursinfortunes,Tousvosmalheursseverronttermines,QuandaDieuseulvousoffrirezvoslarmes,Vousquipleurez!"

           "Youwhoweepforpleasuresfled,Whiledraggingonalifeofcare,Allyourwoeswillmeltinair,IftoGodyourtearsareshed,Youwhoweep!"

           d’Artagnanandthecurateappearedpleased.TheJesuitpersistedinhisopinion."Bewareofaprofanetasteinyourtheologicalstyle.WhatsaysAugustineonthissubject:‘SEVERUSSITCLERICORUMVERBO.’"

           "Yes,letthesermonbeclear,"saidthecurate.

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