“But why do you want M. Guitrel to be chosen, mon petit?” she asked.
He answered confusedly, as he had done before:
“Mother would be pleased, and other people too.”
“What other people?”
“Oh, heaps of them—the Bonmonts.”
“The Bonmonts? But they are Jews!”
“That doesn’t matter; there are Jews even among the clergy.”
Madame de Gromance grew more suspicious as soon as she learned that the Bonmonts were mixed up in the singular affair, but being affectionate and easily led she promised Philippe she would do as he asked.