M. Appert realised that he had to deal with a man of feeling; he accompanied the venerable cure, visited the prison, the hospital, the poorhouse, asked many questions and, notwithstanding strange answers, did not allow himself to utter the least word of reproach.
M. Appert comprit qu’il avait affaire à un homme de cœur : il suivit le vénérable curé, visita la prison, l’hospice, le dépôt, fit beaucoup de questions et, malgré d’étranges réponses, ne se permit pas la moindre marque de blâme.