But before he arrived at the good cure's house, heaven, which was anxious to shower its blessings on him, threw him into the arms of M. Valenod, from whom he did not conceal the fact that his heart was torn; a penniless youth like himself was bound to devote himself entirely to the vocation which heaven had placed in his heart, but a vocation was not everything in this vile world.
Mais avant d’arriver chez le bon curé, le ciel, qui voulait lui ménager des jouissances, jeta sous ses pas M. Valenod, auquel il ne cacha point que son cœur était déchiré ; un pauvre garçon comme lui se devait tout entier à la vocation que le ciel avait placée dans son cœur, mais la vocation n’était pas tout dans ce bas monde.