'What a strange present for a Bishop to make to a young seminarist,' he said as he turned the pages of the sumptuous Tacitus, the gilded edges of which seemed to fill him with horror.
– Quel étrange cadeau de la part d’un évêque, à un jeune séminariste! disait-il en feuilletant le superbe Tacite, dont la tranche dorée avait l’air de lui faire horreur.