Mauprat
"'And yet you will have to see me, sweet brother mine, when I go and ring the bell at the gate of the Carmelite monastery.'
"'If you come I will denounce you.'
"'You will not denounce me, for I know too much about you.'
"'I am not afraid. I have given proofs of my repentance; I have expiated my sins.'
"'Hypocrite!'
"'Come, now, hold your tongue, you madman!' said the other. 'I must leave you. There is some money.'
"'That all?'
"'What do you expect from a monk? Do you imagine that I am rich?'
"'Your Carmelites are; and you can do what you like with them.'
"'I might give you more, but I would rather not. As soon as you got a couple of louis you would be off for a debauch, and make enough row to betray yourself.'
"'And if you want me to quit this part of the country for some time, what do you suppose I am to travel with?'
"'Three times already I have given you enough to take you away, haven't I? And each time you have come back, after drinking it all in the first place of ill-fame on the frontier of the province! Your impudence sickens me, after the evidence given against you, when the police are on the watch, when Bernard is appealing for a fresh trial. You may be caught at any moment!'
"'That is for you to see to, brother. You can lead the Carmelites by the nose; and the Carmelites can lead the bishop, through some little peccadillo, I suppose,
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