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"I imagine," said Agnes la Herme, "that it is a beast, an animal, the fruit of a Jew and a sow; something not Christian, in short, which ought to be thrown into the fire or into the water." "I really hope," resumed la Gaultiere, "that nobody will apply for it."

"I adopt this child," said the priest. He took it in his cassock and carried it off. The spectators followed him with frightened glances. A moment later, he had disappeared through the "Red Door," which then led from the church to the cloister. When the first surprise was over, Jehanne de la Tarme bent down to the ear of la Gaultiere,

"'Tis an abortion of a monkey," remarked Gauchere. "'Tis a miracle," interposed Henriette la Gaultiere. "Then," remarked Agnes, "it is the third since the Sunday of the Loetare: for, in less than a week, we had the miracle of the mocker of pilgrims divinely punished by Notre-Dame d'Aubervilliers, and that was the second miracle within a month."

"This pretended foundling is a real monster of abomination," resumed Jehanne. "He yells loud enough to deafen a chanter," continued Gauchere. "Hold your tongue, you little howler!" "To think that Monsieur of Reims sent this enormity to Monsieur of Paris," added la Gaultiere, clasping her hands.

They were Agnes la Herme, Jehanne de la Tarme, Henriette la Gaultiere, Gauchere la Violette, all four widows, all four dames of the Chapel Etienne Haudry, who had quitted their house with the permission of their mistress, and in conformity with the statutes of Pierre d'Ailly, in order to come and hear the sermon.