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Updated: September 3, 2025
I rambled about in this manner till I got to Confignon, in Savoy, at about two leagues distance from Geneva.
Here he found himself in the domain of Savoy, where dukes and lords had for ages been the traditional foes of the freedom and the faith of Geneva, Rousseau came to the village of Confignon, and the name of the priest of Confignon recalled one of the most embittered incidents of the old feud.
At this time a systematic struggle was going on between the priests of Savoy and the ministers of Geneva, the former using every effort to procure the conversion of any Protestant on whom they could lay hands. As it happened, the priest of Confignon was one of the most active in this good work.
I rambled about in this manner till I got to Confignon, in Savoy, at about two leagues distance from Geneva.
I asked little only a manor where I should be the favourite of the lord of the land, his daughter's lover, her brother's friend, and protector of the neighbourhood. I roamed the countryside, sleeping at nights in hospitable cottages, and on arriving at Confignon I called, out of curiosity, on M. de Ponteverre, the parish priest.
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