All at once Julien ceased to speak of Napoleon; he announced his intention of becoming a priest, and was constantly to be seen, in his father's sawmill, engaged in learning by heart a Latin Bible which the cure had lent him.
Tout à coup Julien cessa de parler de Napoléon ; il annonça le projet de se faire prêtre, et on le vit constamment, dans la scie de son père, occupé à apprendre par cœur une bible latine que le curé lui avait prêtée.