Julien helped the good cure, and it occurred to him to write to Fouque that the irresistible vocation which he felt for the sacred ministry had prevented him at first from accepting his friend's obliging offer, but that he had just witnessed such an example of injustice, that perhaps it would be more advantageous to his welfare were he not to take holy orders.
Julien aida le bon curé, et il eut l’idée d’écrire à Fouqué que la vocation irrésistible qu’il se sentait pour le saint ministère l’avait empêché d’accepter d’abord ses offres obligeantes, mais qu’il venait de voir un tel exemple d’injustice, que peut-être il serait plus avantageux à son salut de ne pas entrer dans les ordres sacrés.