) of her and
of the Bishop of Sees; however, she would strive her best to make him
repent of it.
The young man, who had never spoken of the matter except to herself,
and who feared to fall into the bad graces of the Bishop, repaired to
Argentan with two of his servants, and finding his mistress at vespers
in the church of the Jacobins,(7) he went and knelt beside her, and
said--
"I am come hither, madam, to swear to you before God that I have never
spoken of your honour to any person but yourself. You treated me so ill
that I did not make you half the reproaches you deserved; but if there
be man or woman ready to say that I have ever spoken of the matter to
them, I am here to give them the lie in your presence."
7 The name of Jacobins was given to the monks of the
Dominican Order, some of whom had a monastery in the suburbs
of Argentan.--Ed.
Seeing that there were many people in the church, and that he was
accompanied by two stout serving-men, she forced herself to speak as
graciously as she could.
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