I have had enough of these people." She wanted une ame sincere et candide; and Paul laid the flattering unction to his own sincere and candid soul.

Then she spoke prettily of his career.

He was to be the flambeau eveilleur, the awakening torch in the darkness before the daybreak.

But he musn't overwork.

His health was precious.
There was a blot and erasure in the sentence.