He felt his face grow red, and he hastened to explain himself.

"I said, 'you too,'" he continued, "because I, thanks perhaps to my inexperience, am persuaded also of this young man's innocence.

I cannot in the least imagine a man of his rank meditating and accomplishing so cowardly a crime.

I have spoken with many persons on this matter which has made so much noise; and everybody is of my opinion.

He has public opinion in his favor; that is already something." Seated near the bed, sufficiently far from the lamp to be in the shade, the nun hastily knitted stockings destined for the poor.