"But what is there to-day? You came for me, you say?"
"Yes; to-day we have the rehearsal."
"What rehearsal?"
"Why, the rehearsal of this great solemnity."
"My dear fellow," said Maurice, "you know that it is now eight days since I last went out; consequently I am ignorant of everything, and therefore the more require to be fully informed."
"What! Have I not told you?"
"You have told me nothing."
"First, you already know, we had suppressed God for some time past, and have replaced him with the 'Supreme Being.'"
"Yes; I know all that."