This holy woman regarded Monseigneur of D---- as at one and the same time her brother and her bishop, her friend according to the flesh and her superior according to the Church.

She simply loved and venerated him.

When he spoke, she bowed; when he acted, she yielded her adherence.

Their only servant, Madame Magloire, grumbled a little.

It will be observed that Monsieur the Bishop had reserved for himself only one thousand livres, which, added to the pension of Mademoiselle Baptistine, made fifteen hundred francs a year.