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Now, in order to give an idea of what passed at this table, we cannot do better than to transcribe here a passage in a letter from Mademoiselle Baptistine to Madame de Boischevron, in which the conversation between the convict and the bishop is related with charming minuteness.
-"This man paid no attention to any one. He ate with the voracity of a starving man. After supper, however, he said: "Monsieur Cure, all this is too good for me, but I must say that the wagoners, who wouldn't have me eat with them, live better than you.'