It goes without saying that when he saw a Huguenot coming, he felt himself filled with such ardent Catholic zeal that he could not understand how, a quarter of an hour before, he had been able to have any doubts upon the superiority of our holy religion.
Il va sans dire que lorsqu'il voyait venir un huguenot, il se sentait pris d'un zèle catholique si ardent, qu'il ne comprenait pas comment, un quart d'heure auparavant, il avait pu avoir des doutes sur la supériorité de notre sainte religion.