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The Rue Saint Jacques had toothsome sauce for its breakfast. The quarter smacked stiff lips over the news, as it pictured Francois de Montcorbier dangling from Montfaucon. "Horrible! " said the Rue Saint Jacques, and drew a moral of suitably pious flavor.
Guillemette Moreau had told Catherine of the affair before the day was aired. The girl's hurt vanity broke tether.