—I will do so. Ah! you frighten me….
—It is your fault, Veronica; why do you put me into such passion?
—It was not my intention; far from it. I wanted to talk with you very peaceably, like the other, it is so nice.
—Please, enough of that subject.
—Oh, Monsieur le Curé, it is just about that I want to speak to you.
—Do not jest, Veronica. You have been, thanks to your culpable indiscretion, witness of a momentary error, which will not be repeated any more.
—A momentary error, which would have led you to some pretty things, Monsieur le Curé. Good God! if Marianne had not arrived in time, who knows what might have happened.
—It is not for you to blame me, Veronica. There is only God who is without sin.
—I know that well. Therefore, I have not said that to you in order to blame you. Quite the contrary, I was astonished that with a temperament … as strong as yours, you have remained free from fault till to-day.
—And, please God, I will always remain so.