The Power And The Glory by Gilbert Parker

The Abbé Jean Cavelier was La Salle's eldest brother, a priest of St. Sulpice who had gone to Canada before La Salle, and he proved of far less caliber than the great explorer. He impeded rather than assisted La Salle by his small character and his interfering ways. He was in Quebec, though he lived at Montreal, and La Salle want to see him before starting for the West. The Abbé's thin, almost cadaverous face was in sharp contrast to that of La Salle--strong, vigorous, immobile, handsome, full of character. In his quarters at the small Seminary of St. Sulpice he awaited La Salle, and when he came, said: "I come from Montreal to welcome you. You did well in France, brother."

La Salle shook hands warmly and received the Abbé's blessing.