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He bowed deferentially to the Abbe Brossette whenever he met him, and spoke to him courteously and without heat.
If our dear confessor approves of certain little manoeuvres to which we must have recourse to carry out a plan which I have proposed to your father, I can guarantee to you the recovery of Calyste. My conscience is repugnant to the use of such means, and I must first submit them to the judgment of the Abbe Brossette.
In accordance with the advice of the Abbe Brossette the Duchesse de Grandlieu asked the Marquis d'Ajuda to bring her that king of political cut-throats, the celebrated Comte Maxime de Trailles, archduke of Bohemia, the youngest of young men, though he was now fully fifty years of age.
I have known lovers who did not recoil before the most awful disillusions. You are too virtuous to know the full power of women who are not virtuous." "Do not enter upon those infamous actions until I have consulted the Abbe Brossette to know how far I may be your accomplice," cried the duchess, with a naivete which disclosed what selfishness there is in piety.
The Abbe Brossette respected the convictions of the old man, who became simply but deeply attached to the priest from hearing him say, "The true republic is in the Gospel."
"Oh, but it is ten years since an otter has been seen about here," said the pitiless general. "Monsieur le comte," said Francois, "the boy swears by all that's sacred that he has got one." "If they have one I'll buy it," said the general. "I don't suppose," remarked the Abbe Brossette, "that God has condemned Les Aigues to never have otters."
Madame de Montcornet, assisted by the advice and experience of the Abbe Brossette, came, little by little, to have a thorough and statistical knowledge of all the poor families of the district, their respective condition, their wants, their means of subsistence, and the sort of help she must give to each to obtain work so as not to make them lazy or idle.
One evening in the month of May, when the fine weather had come and the Parisians had returned to Les Aigues, Monsieur de Troisville, who had been persuaded to accompany his daughter, Blondet, the Abbe Brossette, the general, and the sub-prefect of Ville-aux-Fayes, who was on a visit to the chateau, were all playing either whist or chess.
"Now the Abbe Brossette is missing. Go and find him, Charles," he said to the groom. The gate of Blangy, built by Bouret, was formed of two wide pilasters of projecting rough-hewn stone; each surmounted by a dog sitting on his haunches and holding an escutcheon between his fore paws. The proximity of a small house where the steward lived dispensed with the necessity for a lodge.
For example, it will be necessary that du Guenic be taken away by his wife for at least two years; she must show him Switzerland, Italy, Germany, in short, all possible countries." "Ah! you confirm a fear of my director," said the duchess, naively, remembering the judicious objection of the Abbe Brossette.
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