l'etais

Updated: July 29, 2026

"It's more a matter of trusting and encouraging." "I see, yes. I had rather gathered from the preface to 'Negations' that you were a a Catholic." "Je l'etais a cette epoque. In fact, I still am. I am a Catholic diabolist." But this profession he made in an almost cursory tone. I could see that what was upmost in his mind was the fact that I had read "Negations."

Sir Max Beerbohm - Enoch Soames: a memory of the eighteen-nineties

'It's more a matter of trusting and encouraging. 'Ah, yes.... But I had rather gathered from the preface to "Negations" that you were a a Catholic. 'Je l'etais a cette epoque. Perhaps I still am. Yes, I'm a Catholic Diabolist. This profession he made in an almost cursory tone.

Sir Max Beerbohm - Seven Men