His pallor was a merit in the eyes of the young seminarists his companions; he found them much less irritating, much less inclined to fall upon their knees before a coin of the realm than those at Besancon; they, for their part, supposed him to be consumptive.
Sa pâleur était un mérite aux yeux des jeunes séminaristes ses camarades ; il les trouvait beaucoup moins méchants, beaucoup moins à genoux devant un écu que ceux de Besançon ; eux le croyaient attaqué de la poitrine.