"Son!" said Pierre Lamont to the banker, with a little scornful laugh. "Resent the familiarity, man of another faith."
"Better any faith than none," warmly remarked Jacob Hartrich, cordially taking the hand which Father Capel held out to him.
"Good! good! good!" cried Pierre Lamont. "I stand renounced by church and synagogue."
"You are uncharitable only to yourself," said Father Capel. "I, for one, will not take you at your word."
Pierre Lamont lowered his eyes. "You teach me humility," he said.
"Profit by it," rejoined Father Capel.
"You formed the opinion that Gautran was guilty," said Pierre Lamont to the banker. "Upon what evidence?"
"Inward conviction," briefly replied Jacob Hartrich.
"You, at least," said Pierre Lamont, turning his wily face to Father Capel, "although you look at human affairs through Divine light, have a respect for the law."
"Undoubtedly," was the reply.