Homais, as was due to his principles, compared priests to ravens attracted by the odour of death. The sight of an ecclesiastic was personally disagreeable to him, for the cassock made him think of the shroud, and he detested the one from some fear of the other.
Homais, comme il le devait à ses principes, compara les prêtres à des corbeaux qu’attire l’odeur des morts; la vue d’un ecclésiastique lui était personnellement désagréable, car la soutane le faisait rêver au linceul, et il exécrait l’une un peu par épouvante de l’autre.