"Now," hastily interrupted the Jesuit, on seeing that his acolyte was going astray, "now your thesis would please the ladies; it would have the success of one of Monsieur Patru’s pleadings."
-- Or, se hâta d'interrompre le jésuite en voyant que son acolyte se fourvoyait, or votre thèse plaira aux dames, voilà tout; elle aura le succès d'une plaidoirie de maître Patru.