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Madame de la Sainte-Colombe, wishing to make choice of one of the two clergymen, will naturally apply to you and Madame Dupont, who have long lived in these parts, for information respecting them." "Oh! in that case the choice will soon be made. The incumbent of Danicourt is one of the best of men." "Now that is precisely what you must not say to Madame de la Sainte Colombe." "How so?"
Madame de la Sainte-Colombe, wishing to make choice of one of the two clergymen, will naturally apply to you and Madame Dupont, who have long lived in these parts, for information respecting them." "Oh! in that case the choice will soon be made. The incumbent of Danicourt is one of the best of men." "Now that is precisely what you must not say to Madame de la Sainte Colombe." "How so?"
"Well, sir," replied Dupont, after a moment's reflection, "you are so frank and obliging, that I will imitate your sincerity. In the same degree that the curate of Danicourt is respected and loved in this country, the curate of Roiville, whom you wish me to prefer to him, is dreaded for his intolerance and, moreover " "Well, and what more?" "Why, then, they say " "Come, what do they say?"
"Well, sir," replied Dupont, after a moment's reflection, "you are so frank and obliging, that I will imitate your sincerity. In the same degree that the curate of Danicourt is respected and loved in this country, the curate of Roiville, whom you wish me to prefer to him, is dreaded for his intolerance and, moreover " "Well, and what more?" "Why, then, they say " "Come, what do they say?"
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